Tag Archives: E.P. Review

Phoria, Bloodworks. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Historically Salisbury and its surrounding areas have had many instances on when something that stirred from within its valley persona, the shadow that goes through its medieval streets, it’s back alleys and multitudes of drinking establishments, catches the public’s attention and makes this city, more famous for its imposing cathedral and former resident of the close, more outwardly looking than it sometimes is ever given credit for. Though the band now have made Brighton their home, perhaps in recent times the most important city musically on the south coast, the stamp of Wiltshire lives in them and remains part of their soul no matter how long they have left it.

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(434 words, estimated 1:44 mins reading time)

Shannen Bamford, Paper Planes. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10

For a taste of the ethereal, the subtle and gentle tones of a woman in harmony with her music and seeming comfortable with her place at the start of what hopefully is a long and industrious career, listeners could do worse than take in Shannen Bamford’s E.P. Paper Planes in which the young woman gives an absolute corking display of her talent.

The E.P. has become the de rigour of getting a young musician’s art out there without having to confine themselves too tightly to the rigidity and constricting emotional turmoil that recording a full blown album can do when first setting out on what can be at times a long lonely path.

Shannen Bamford, Paper Planes. E.P. Review. full post

(333 words, estimated 1:20 mins reading time)

The Jooks, E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10

There is a lot to be said for the genre of Power Pop, along with the imagery of well crafter three or so minutes well-crafted song, it gives prominence to a section of music that sometimes gets lost in the overarching field of popular music. The initial years that saw the rise of crisp harmonies, a belting guitar sound with no need to Segway off into a solo performance that may as well hold its own concert seem so long ago now but there were some great bands throughout the years since those first forays against the music being force fed the post-war teenager and The Jooks have released a very cool self-titled E.P. to stand amongst them.

The Jooks, E.P. Review. full post

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

Dementia Senex, Heartworm. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

The problem can be sometimes that we by nature become too accustomed in the way we live, some comfortably others not so, that as individuals and as a body of people we shy away from taking risks for fear of being perhaps embarrassed or heaven forbid, being seen as unproductive in a world that has got so quick and busy. So much so, that put your feet up for an hour and listen to something out of a so called comfort zone could be classed as self-indulgent and not part of the new way of thinking.

Dementia Senex, Heartworm. E.P. Review. full post

(532 words, estimated 2:08 mins reading time)

Melic, Nowhere I’d Rather Be. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

If ever there was a group of musicians that you found out had played in the city you live in within a few weeks of receiving their debut E.P. from 2012, the decidedly catchy and intolerably superb Nowhere I’d Rather Be, then Melic from London is such a band.

Melic, Nowhere I’d Rather Be. E.P. Review. full post

(384 words, estimated 1:32 mins reading time)

The Beat Movement, The Warning. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

It may be an old adage but the music that played a huge part in defining the latter half of the 1960s is a gift that keeps giving with size ten boots, smartly dressed in crisp suits and a movement that refuses to lie down and take it easy as it approaches middle age. The Mod age that was captured so sweetly and wonderfully by the distinct sound of groups The Who, The Smoke, The Kinks and The Small Faces continues to live, breathe fire and spread its wings over each generation that follows in its wake.

The Beat Movement, The Warning. E.P. Review. full post

(333 words, estimated 1:20 mins reading time)

Susan Hedges, City Song. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

If Susan Hedges showed her teeth and bared her claws throughout the excellent Kiss My Attitude album then on the City Song E.P. the hurt she put out for all to hear is replaced by one of sensitivity, poetry for something, someone she loves and a joy of a place she is deeply proud to be part of.

Susan Hedges, City Song. E.P. Review. full post

(309 words, estimated 1:14 mins reading time)

Jackpot Donnie, Mayday. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

For many in the U.K. the American city of Chicago either conjures up the idea of some of the television programmes or films that feature the tremendous beauty and sometimes grimy underworld that the city is built upon, the band for which wonderful rock ballads were seemingly entrusted to for the best part of two decades and with Peter Cetera at the helm made the band a global phenomenon or possibly even the thought of Renee Zellweger and Welsh actor Catherine-Zeta Jones vamping it up as two women on death-row in Cook County Jail in the sensational musical Chicago.

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(370 words, estimated 1:29 mins reading time)

In The Guise Of Men, Ink. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

French Metal is being cunning. No matter which part of the various guises the genre sits, the music it is offering to the spectrum, the diverse range in which the sounds plays in, it is slowly and surely eroding, eating away at the idea that only the U.K., North America and North Europe is truly capable of offering music to the masses. On the back of Eyrn Non Dae’s fantastic album Meliora, the stage is set for French Metal to rival that of the other bourgeoning scene that is coming out of Norway and Sweden and who better than In The Guise Of Men and their E.P. Ink which was released in April.

In The Guise Of Men, Ink. E.P. Review. full post

(361 words, estimated 1:27 mins reading time)

The Common Tongues, Tether &Twine. E.P. Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Brighton is famous for many things. It is full if history, a passion that burns brightly, the capital of gay culture in the U.K. , the comedian Max Miller, The Levellers, the filming of Oh, What A Lovely War! and the superb Brighton Rock  all reside in the very fabric in one of the most beautiful cities in the south coast of England. Arguably only Plymouth and Dover are more historic and only Bournemouth is more picturesque. All this wrapped up in one city, it’s no wonder that there is a vibe, a certain acceptance to be creative in the area and the band The Common Tongues enhance this reputation and with their E.P. Tether & Twine look set to add another notable notch to the bedpost of Brighton life.

The Common Tongues, Tether &Twine. E.P. Review. full post

(409 words, estimated 1:38 mins reading time)