Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

We all have our own definition of timeless, that which lives during a period of abiding change undaunted by fashion, by the cruelty of every changing vogue, or by the temporary beauty moulded by the modern damnation of the influencer. To be timeless is to place above almost everything that which gives the most pleasure and accept that your life is a series of pulses caught at the right moment and which define your life’s work as well as your soul.

Time passes for the artist in ways that perhaps is unseen by those who don’t witness the moment of creation for their art. An actor will see their timeless piece unfold as they catch the meaning behind a soliloquy in the script, a sculptor will see the possibility of past and future collide as they take the first tentative step on the marble with a poised chisel; and for the musician, they just seem to understand that their timeless approach is guided by the Muse that gives direction to the song that they are trying to frame.

For Keith Thompson, quite rightly it seems, being timeless is a moment twice blessed, and as he showcases tracks that have caught the zeitgeist and the drama of a life lived with sincerity and panache, so those tracks chosen take on an extra sense of abiding memory, of rejecting the ephemeral and glossy, and instead embracing the everlasting, notably as a gift of independence to which the opening track heartily offers.

Timeless Vol 2 sees reflections and interpretations of life encapsulate Mr. Thompson’s sense of perfection in his music with ease, an examination of sound that songs such as Easy Money, Wotcha Doin’ To Me, the stunning Transcendence, Higher Ground, Long Road Home Part 2, and Got My Mind Made Up, all leave the listener spellbound, wide eyed and in awe of the creations being opened up before them.

This is a truth of holding something in your hands that is timeless, it has the power to render people speechless in its vicinity, the need for talking is consumed by just wanting, needing to hear the object speak for itself of all it has lived through and encouraged; all it has asked of the guiding hand that moulded it into shape.

Keith Thompson’s work has always spoken for itself, and Timeless 2 is no different, it is bold, fierce, charming, stunning, a reflection of the musician himself when you know just what you have encountered in his music. 

Ian D. Hall