HEKZ
Terra Nova BMH AUDIO AOR
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.
As the Devil has the best tunes so
Space has the best riffs, with You Will
Be The Sun a particularly pulverising
example of flat-out stoner rock, Super
Star Drive comes across like a cosmic
glam stomper and respite comes at the
close with Starlight, an evocative
melodic outing featuring Richards’
acoustic slide guitar.