Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

The difference that becomes apparent when illumination is added to a scene is one that is palpable and welcome, for there is nothing worse than your imagination finding solace in the dark where scurrying creatures can lay eggs of doubt, confusion and inner torment; the form of mental torture that comes from standing in a dark room and not being able to find the light is profoundly fearsome, demonstrably emotional striking, and when you know the light will lift the mood, even if it shows the horrors under a more cynical glare.

Following on from 2019’s Maybe Somebody, Tombstones In Their Eyes stick firmly to their ethos of delivering thoughtful emotional psychedelic tracks that swirl and rock with the delicate passion of gothic grunge weaved into the narrative, and yet add that extra dimension to the songs in Looking For A Light by not being afraid to exude warmth and moving closer to the audience’s own turmoil and crossing their own defining line of distance and possible remoteness.

Through moments such as Ship On The Sea, I Can Hurt All The Time, Wrong, Maze, and the album title track of Looking For A Light, this new shift in definition opens up the senses to perhaps more of a sign of expanse, of beauty in progression, and whilst the music is undoubtedly the flesh of the band, underneath the bones have begun to adapt, to embrace change, if slightly, and this new unearthing of the invited is to be celebrated and encouraged; not just in the superb approach by Tombstones In Their Eyes, but for all bands who seek to keep their integrity true.

The dark is a tool that encourages the imagination to take life to a certain limit, yet even just a slight alteration and addition of a spark of light can offer detail and progression in the artist’s mind, and for Tombstones In Their Eyes, Looking For A Light has lit up a room that the audience didn’t know was there.

Tombstones In Their Eyes’ Looking For A Light is out now and available from Kitten Robot Records.

Ian D. Hall