HAWKLORDS
Space HAWKLORDS
Still in search of Space – and it seems they’ve found it!
Space has perennially fascinated musicians, from Holst’s The Planets to Sun Ra’s claim that he hailed from Saturn, to Hawkwind and the Hawklords. Originally led by Robert Calvert and Dave Brock, they were a shortlived late-70s Hawkwind spin-off and the current line-up’s claim to the Hawk name comes from guitarist and vocalist Jerry Richards, who was both in Hawkwind and a 2000s iteration of Hawklords, and bass guitarist and vocalist Mr Dibs, another Hawkwind veteran, while Dave Pearce also drums with The Bevis Frond. Space is certainly the place here with every song evoking its vastness and mystery. With this engaging and energised collection, Hawklords refer to a familiar space rock lexicon of monster riffs, electronic jet streams and lyrics exploring the silence of space, life on Mars and gravity wells.