HAWKWIND – There Is No Space For Us – review

HAWKWIND – There Is No Space For Us – review
Cherry Red

Hey, ho, another day, another Hawkwind album.

I’m not complaining, like. Hawkwind albums are, generally, a good thing. And you can’t blame Dave Brock for knocking them out while he still can. He’s 102, you know. I said THEY CAN’T BLAME YOU FOR KNOCKING THEM OUT. YES, THERE WILL BE PUDDING.

Would I be able to pick out “There Is No Space for Us” from 2024’s “Stories from Time and Space” or 2023’s “The Future Never Waits”, in a lineup? Not a chance. Well, it is the same cast of characters doing the same thing in the same place. Their WTF are they doing this time moments are a long time in the past.

If pushed, I would say this is a tad rockier than “Stories from Time and Space”, even if the title track is as close as you’ll ever get to Hawkwind doing country. They even pop next door into progworld on ‘Changes’, which is a definite album highlight. But they also remember that they used to do riffs, so ‘Neutron Stars’ made me moderately happy.

There are also lots (and lots) of swirly synths for the fans of mid-seventies Hawkwind and the usual array of lyrics about how men are pure bastards, set upon destroying Mother Earth. If I was the kind of person to award points for stuff, then I’d dock one for the closing track ‘A Long Way From Home’, which is five minutes of near ambient guitar, with a world weary Brock, whispering, “and I’m a long way from home”, to end the record.

Did I enjoy it? Of course I did. Do I miss the days when Hawkwind were despised by the music press? Of course, I do. But we’ve all moved on. Giant steps towards the end.

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