Play 90 second soundbite of 'New Thing Coming' @ 'CD quality'
'New Thing Coming' fully justifies Liddell's place in the scheme of things acoustic; this is a bright and optimistic sounding work rammed full of professionalism and artistic dedication. In just four excellent tracks Paul Liddell makes a massive impression with his poetic troubadourial works of perfectly proportioned songs that've been given all the attention and loving preparation they deserve. Liddell writes with a maturity and passion that belie his relatively tender years - this is impressive stuff indeed! Liddell hasn't fallen into the modern trap of studio over-embellishment either - the instrumentation here is concise, precise and superbly mixed to allow the listener full, un-cluttered access to Liddell's great songs. Liddell has a nicely silky vocal style but can impart just the right degree of grit and 'gravel' when the lyric demands - his voice flows with a grace and liquidity that leaves you feeling that Liddell could be that successful 'boy next door' with a 'new thing coming'!
Liddell is cleverly familiarly unfamiliar!! With a vocal delivery that's honest and homely this guy's not pretending to be anything other than just plain Paul Liddell - and that's something I admire this guy for. It's too easy nowadays to plagiarise and copy other successful artists to try and gain a start on the back of others' successes - Liddell stands here to be counted as an individual with nothing but his own musical identity and awesome talent.
'New Thing Coming' by Paul Liddell is every bit as good as anything his similarly ilked contemporaries are putting out just now. Liddell's got a beautifully friendly feel and a sound that's genuinely open to all-comers - acoustically, Liddell's music is definitely on the right side of pc at the moment and with a bit of luck and some good promotion Paul Liddell could soon be coming into your homes - when he does, sit back and enjoy coz this guy's got a lot to offer and a damn fine future ahead of him. Very tasty stuff this - everything's just so - no pretensions, no ego - just a great singer/songwriter with a gift to share. So, try Paul Liddell out - one to watch out for methinks!!
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