Tag Archives: E.P. Review

Villy Raze, De Novo. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

There have been great musicians, great poets and great song writers that have come out of Ireland. The social eye of Damien Dempsey, the urban mouthpiece of a disenfranchised youth of Bob Geldof whose barbed, razor like quality made him a voice of a generation in Dublin and beyond and north of the border, the legendary Fergal Sharkey’s great way with words and imagery endeared him and The Undertones across the Irish Sea and into the heart of John Peel and beyond. Add now to this these and other intelligent and very special performers, the sound of Villy Raze.

Villy Raze, De Novo. E.P. Review. full post

(481 words, estimated 1:55 mins reading time)

Sons Of Mowgli, Come What May. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

No matter how good you are, how unique you sound, the freshness you bring to the table, trying to stand out in a world that has seven billion people all trying to carve themselves a little notch of history and to be remembered for the spirit and talent they possess can be a daunting and sometimes discouraging prospect in a world that even now, is essentially a jungle.

Sons Of Mowgli, Come What May. E.P. Review. full post

(419 words, estimated 1:41 mins reading time)

Tamara Laurel, Lightning. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

From picking up a guitar for the first time at the start of one year to releasing an E.P. full of songs that have the strength of character to suggest that the path sometimes least expected is the right one, American folk singer Tamara Laurel strikes all the right notes in what is sure to be an acclaimed release – Lightning.

Tamara Laurel, Lightning. E.P. Review. full post

(350 words, estimated 1:24 mins reading time)

Billy Liar, All I’ve Got. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

The end of the year is always a time to look backwards, albeit briefly, and to start making those resolutions that you will carry forward into the following year. To bring new habits into your life, to get rid of old temptations and to find new and better ways to in which to use your time…one excellent way it seems would be to purchase an E.P. by Billy Liar and revel in the sheer majesty afforded to just one man. You couldn’t get 2014 off to a better start that immersing yourself for a little while in the music that kicks the old year where it hurts, the marvellous All I’ve Got.

Billy Liar, All I’ve Got. E.P. Review. full post

(347 words, estimated 1:23 mins reading time)

Black Neon Knights, Dawn Of The Knight. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision * * * *

It starts with a hint of menace, gathers pace and ends up being a set of four songs that have the destructive power of a cyclone in mid-flow; the early days of Iron Maiden at the Ruskin Arms are not lost upon the listener as they take in Liverpool’s Black Neon Knights.

Black Neon Knights, Dawn Of The Knight. E.P. Review. full post

(466 words, estimated 1:52 mins reading time)

Jimmy And The Revolvers, Sunday Morning. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

To anyone had the misfortune not have been around when the sound of music from Liverpool dominated the charts and audiences every couldn’t get enough of the Merseybeat, the constant niggle of not seeing some of the legendary bands and musicians perform live, to having that tingle of excitement when the fledgling radio stations dare play a song by the ever increasingly popular music is something that you have to push down deep into the pit of your stomach and walk away before the evil and destructive nature of jealousy becomes too over whelming.

Jimmy And The Revolvers, Sunday Morning. E.P. Review. full post

(441 words, estimated 1:46 mins reading time)

They’re Coming To Get You Barbara, Dead Reckoning. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

There is nothing better than being on board a powerful juggernaut or expensively made motorbike which is haring along the American interstate, the speed getting faster as each mile zips by till finally the only way to come to a grinding halt is to make sure you put everything into the brake, the deep gauging and burning impression left by the tires in the asphalt an indication of just how great the ride was. Listening to Liverpool’s They’re Coming To Get You Barbara’s set of new songs from the E.P. Dead Reckoning is like being on that motorbike but somehow much more enjoyable.

They’re Coming To Get You Barbara, Dead Reckoning. E.P. Review. full post

(392 words, estimated 1:34 mins reading time)

The Ragamuffins,The Benefits Of A Downhill Paper Round. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

With a heavy thump, the sound of a jaw can be heard through the noise of life, the backdrop to being alive in the 21st Century and all its relative shenanigans and utterances, that said jaw drops to the floor as the final track of the latest E.P. from the Ragamuffins, The Benefits of a Downhill Paper Round, clicks off and the stunned overwhelming desire to jump for joy at a very cool set of songs is only tempered by the time it takes to pick up the jaw from the floor.

The Ragamuffins,The Benefits Of A Downhill Paper Round. E.P. Review. full post

(367 words, estimated 1:28 mins reading time)

Glossom, E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Somewhere in the recesses of the mind, creativity can sparkle and take hold of a person. Once there it is near impossible to ever let it go back to being a dormant thought, unspoken and unloved. Even the most uncreative, unquestioning person in the world may find the small nagging voice speak softly but with purpose asking, begging to be set free, to fulfil something other than being an unthinking cog with no shred of inspiration. When the abundance of creativity is given full flow from a set of artists or musicians, the question should be, why might you want to put it away when you can create something rather marvellous?

Glossom, E.P. Review. full post

(396 words, estimated 1:35 mins reading time)

Steve Thompson & The Incidents. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

It is always heartening when you hear a band or artist bemoan the way that television and certain people making money from it has come to define music to a certain percentage of the population, so much so that you want to grab the musicians by the hand, shake it with vigour and a smile on your face and wish them all the luck in the world as they take on the televised corporation.

Steve Thompson & The Incidents. E.P. Review. full post

(389 words, estimated 1:33 mins reading time)