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KJACKSON
I am a 33-year-old male from Liverpool and the two main loves of my life are football and music. Have a season ticket an Anfield so I get to watch my beloved team in the Premier League and listen to a lot of music while travelling the country watching Liverpool away games. Away from games, I like the spend a lot of time in my front room reading and writing football blogs while listening to albums from my favourite bands.
My favourite artists include the Rolling Stones, Kings of Leon, Arctic Monkeys and of course the Beatles.
Come back George, all is forgiven
People have been very critical of George Lamb’s radio show on 6Music however I am one of many who are sad to see him leave the daytime schedule.
His 10am to 1pm show has entertained me for around a year now, but am looking forward to seeing if he changes anything for his new weekend slot – I will be tuning in on my car radio the next time of driving around the country to attend a Premier League football match.
True, Lamb’s radio style is not particularly polished and was seen as too “laddish” for many listeners, but he is thoroughly entertaining and played a great deal of quality music which you don’t find on other stations.
I always tuned in when working at home in my front room and am unsure if former Kenickie front-woman and TV staple Lauren Laverne will really keep me tuning in during the week now.
Biffy Clyro - Only Revolutions
I am a huge fan on Biffy Clyro and was so looking forward to the release of their new album Only Revolutions that I ran down to the local HMV on the day it was out to get it.
So was I disappointed? Well the answer is yes and no. The singles stand out on the album vastly from the rest of the tracks, especially Mountains – which in my opinion is their finest song since the Blackened Sky album.
I had hoped that more of the album would have also been like lead single That Golden Rule, an epic blast of riffs which can make the hairs on your arms stand up, but unfortunately nothing even comes close to that across the other tracks.
My only saving grace was that The Captain is the only song on the album to embrace the pirate shanty world, the song is so over the top that only that could open the album, but it does not really create a good impression for what is to follow.
Don’t get me wrong, it is a good album but it so could have been a great album. Biffy seem to cast themselves to wide on Only Revolutions, with some of the classic noise-merchant sound mixed in with rock ballads, some attempts of funk beats and of course the ill-fated shanty.
Biffy Clyro are still one of the finest rock acts in existence in the UK and I will continue to listen to this album in my car when I am next off to a Premier League game with my mates in the back.
I think I just had high hopes which were never truly going to be matched, this album is definitely a grower though as it has gone up a notch in my estimation even while listening to it writing this post.
