Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

There is a train of thought that suggests without a sense of irony that in music’s place in British geographical history, Manchester and its local area, with a few exceptions, is the poor relation of inspiring and successful bands when compared to places such as Birmingham, Glasgow, London, and of course Liverpool.

There is a physical injustice to that belief, one that does rankle even those that were not enamoured by the sound of a generation that defined the 1990s, and one that certainly should be dropped when you have the opportunity to listen to a work drenched in guilt free sublime introspection.