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We all have to live somewhere, but for some, Limbo is a place where we are slotted into because those who cannot see beyond their own ego and ambition are driven to push the living, the alive, and the creative into a realm where they have to fight for every breath, where the talented and gifted are often overlooked.
Living in Limbo is the future penance prescribed by those who only see the moment, for how dare the young artistic souls, the clever, the industrious, ever believe that they can look beyond the here and now and inform the greater good that in fact Living in Limbo, of all persuasions, only feeds the fire within and makes the passion scream harder.
It is to those who see the modern age as being stifled by the lack of opportunity, of being told to enjoy what you have because you cannot, dare not ask for more, to whom we should be encouraging, and whilst the world itself at such times resembles the domain of the dispossessed, so Living In Limbo can become a place of the upbeat, of tunes merged, of souls giving their all in search of the moment when they do break through and give those who kept them shut in, a run for their money.
For Liverpool based singer-songwriter Sam Millne, his debut single is that upbeat reflection, an inspired piece of musical art that sets up its own bubble of creation, and one that once you find yourself under its influence greatly assists in the mood rising and the upturned smile of belief being restored.
There is drama, and then there is performance, and for Sam Millne the debut comes down firmly on the side of performance, on seriously presented accomplishment, and it is in that the idea of Limbo takes on a deeper meaning, for it is the spirit of the realm that gives us the power to continue, to breathe deeply and release onto the world a vision of ourselves that we wish to nurture and see others produce the same.
It is not an affect, it is not illusion, nor should it scare us into being timid or untimely, for as Sam Millne shows with satisfaction, sometimes by living in Limbo we shine our light onto the world outside.
Sam Millne releases Living In Limbo on February 1st.
Ian D. Hall