Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
History recalls with pride where songs of joy and honour were recorded, the immortal presence of tracks are forever engrained into the studio where the mix freely with the memory of sweat and inspiration, and like ghosts who still have a story to impart on the future, so those tracks covered in glory, add beautiful shades of the muse and the inventiveness of vision as they bleed through, declaring that they have been Waiting For Your Love to come and be released once more; in any shape, any form, as long as the spirit in the performer is true.
By design, creative influence or by fortune, Troy Redfern’s new single, Waiting For Your Love sees its birth take place inside the very studios which saw Queen bring Sheer Heart Attack and A Night At The Opera breathe their dynamic first breaths of dynamic splendour, and if the muse of those albums was not enough to stir the pulse, then the fact that Troy Redfern’s own presence speaks volumes is enough to have British music applaud loudly in appreciation of what is to come.
If history has a presence, then the moment in which our lives seek out the day to day is a continuation of perseverance in the shadow of those who wish darkness on all who bring creativity and joy to the mass crowds and silent appreciators. Continuation is a gift that constantly bares fruit, and those sweet tasting deposits that are always ready to be plucked have moved all their flavour into Mr. Redfern’s new single, and it one that is juicy, ripe, one that titillates the senses and brings to mind the beauty of bands such as Z.Z. Top in the prime, but also with that bountiful Queen aggression that made the albums recorded at Rockfield Studios such good company to be in.
Waiting For Your Love is the epitome of the feeling, it has the mood of the anticipation that a lover will see you for all you can offer, it has the grandness of expression, the expectation of poise, and the deftness of delivery which never once relents or fails to install faith.
A tremendous single, and one that makes the heart skip happily and with foreseeable pleasure to the new album’s release in August.
Troy Redfern releases Waiting For Your Love on May 21st on Red7 Records.
Troy Redfern’s forthcoming album, …The Fire Cosmic is released on August 6th.
Ian D. Hall