Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

There is a justified anger that needs to be addressed in this world, one which has the even the most sympathetic, kindest and empathy driven people declaring the mantra Not In My Name as though it is fire being expelled from the mouth, and rightly so, for in a world that seems hell bent on dividing itself over every detail, to actively declare you are against the machinations of a system forcing itself upon you, insisting that its dogma is more worthy than your own thoughts, it is no wonder the world is on fire.

However even a sweet voice and the gentleness of a guitar can ease the rage, even for a short while, whilst hammering home the message that this world we have allowed to become distorted is not in the vast majority of our names.

It is in the sweetness of delivery that the argument is more keenly felt; anybody can bang their fists against the table and demand change, but quite often the more you raise your voice in anger, the more chance you have pushing people away and turning them off your own message, no matter how righteous, how heartfelt, sincere, the argument can have a detrimental effect if it is delivered with a sense of hate in the voice.

That sweetness of intention to win hearts and minds that Limerance’s Jenny Coyle and Calum Gilligan have set their sights on, but make no mistake, the delivery may be honey in the ear, the guitar may be a note of beauty, but there is a real determination in the message, there is an anger that burns with the ferocity of a tiger backed into a corner and who knows that it has the claws to fight its way out, cascading out in waves throughout the new single.

If only all arguments could be as persuasive without being reduced to what could be construed as a slanging match between two people who don’t know how to listen, who have no idea just how much you achieve if you can work in harmony; and harmony is what drives Limerance, harmony is what connects them to the audience and in the single Not In My Name that concord is gracious and meaningful.

Ian D. Hall