Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

It could be argued that all that matters is the here and now, that life in many ways has become an intransigent, almost rushed and unforgiving monster, one that snarls in pain when plans in the future are discussed, one that relishes the heartaches of the past and makes the thinker and the voyeur gnaw away at their own soul in a kind of perpetual madness.

This Moment is so much more, this moment is the point in which the strands of Time are afforded the chance to breathe, the possible futures joyous, even jubilant, at the prospect of seeing the day begin anew and the modest but well-deserved praise of finding a series of original songs in which to celebrate life.

Into the valley and domain of The Bevvy Sisters is surely the place in which to find redemption, into the battle sworn by, of the war against the beige and the mediocre is a constant vigil, and in This Moment the fight has been worth it, the music played out like a symphony, of expressive harmony and patient beauty.

With special guests such as Tom Bancroft joining in the production on several tracks, Alistair Brown on cello on Heal This Heart and Love Me Like A River and the Soundhouse Choir adding a different type of passion on Get One Life and the album’s title track, This Moment, it is fair to openly admit that Gina Rae, Heather MacLeod, Louise Murphy and David Donnelly have once again cracked open the nectar of responsible music making in this their third album.

From the opening bars of David Donnelly’s Timing, through the aforementioned Heal This Heart, Trapped and Waterline, The Bevvy Sisters take the listener on a journey that is filled with the dramatic and the intriguingly musically possessed.

This Moment is an album that that floats in the air as serenely as a glider surveying the Earth from the sanctity and the openness of the Heavens, a real treat for fans of the genre and The Bevvy Sisters alike.

Ian D. Hall