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rostasi · 05-07-2017, 10:14 AM

Pleasantly surprised by this. It’s their 50th album and there’s been as many
people who’ve come and gone thru this band. To steal a phrase:
Dave Brock and yer granny on bongos: it’s still Hawkwind.

Even tho he’s moved to a farm and there are some pastoral-like titles,
it’s only a light sprinkling of messaging over trippy electronics (“Ascent”)
that bring it down out of the stratosphere to refuel (even tho it's called "Ascent").

All the musical and lyrical hooks are still there (“Have You Seen Them?”)
and it, surprisingly, hasn’t devolved into a parody of itself. Still weird surprises
happen (which is good, methinks); like “Space Ship Blues” which is kinda like
“Silver Machine" done as a hoedown(?!) - banjo!?! - but it works!

No tracks were on YouTube, so I put the three I mentioned up there for you.

05-07-2017, 10:14 AM	#25492 (permalink)
rostasi . Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 4,007	Pleasantly surprised by this. It’s their 50th album and there’s been as many people who’ve come and gone thru this band. To steal a phrase: Dave Brock and yer granny on bongos: it’s still Hawkwind. Even tho he’s moved to a farm and there are some pastoral-like titles, it’s only a light sprinkling of messaging over trippy electronics (“Ascent”) that bring it down out of the stratosphere to refuel (even tho it's called "Ascent"). All the musical and lyrical hooks are still there (“Have You Seen Them?”) and it, surprisingly, hasn’t devolved into a parody of itself. Still weird surprises happen (which is good, methinks); like “Space Ship Blues” which is kinda like “Silver Machine" done as a hoedown(?!) - banjo!?! - but it works! No tracks were on YouTube, so I put the three I mentioned up there for you. Last edited by rostasi; 05-07-2017 at 04:21 PM.