HW: Current Hawk Situation

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Max Wilcox wrote:

>             I'd say that they're well into a "new era" as it were. By this I
> mean, that they've progressed to a different sound/image/feel/whatever.
> There was the early years, the Calvert years, the Levitation-era years, the
> long synth-based song years, and now they're moving into something new. I'd
> have to say that I'm very keen to see what is going to happen - they're
> certainly on some kind of threshold at the moment - Davey leaving, Brock
> slowing down his output, Richards "heavy-ing" up some of the music, Tree
> contributing some interesting and slightly strange themes, etc... I get the
> impression that they're still attempting to synthesise into a cohesive
> whole, still. There are times when they're all working together well, and
> there are others where the music is a bit confused and patchy.
>             Looking at Alien4, I'd have to say that the music was a bit
> poor, whereas the concept and the overall atmosphere was very cohesive and
> well thought out. Distant Horizons, though, seems to be about the opposite.
> It is mostly well played throughout, the music is much better than Alien4,
> but there is very little concept behind it and seems a little "thrown
> together".
>             Perhaps if the band learns to work together a little more
> cohesively, with more live performance etc, the future may hold some gems
> yet. But then again, perhaps they're trying to hold on to something that
> they only had at a particular moment (IMHO, from In Search of Space until
> Levitation). I'd say that if they are keen to move forward, we will see some
> more fantastic stuff from them. But who knows.....

i agree to a point. but the way i see it, they were headed into a new
era, and the ladder rungs broke under them. now it seems to me that they
are trying to put humpty back together again.  i'm sure they will.

did you ever read one of those mosaic stories where several authors
writes a piece, and its all fantastic and wonderous, until the end when
they try to tie it all together, and the whole is far too outlandish to
work?  try pj farmer's Dungeon series, or the X files..

well, that's the way i see HW right now. Im sure it will all come
together in the end; i certainly havent given up.

as for the two most recent albums, i see it the other way.  i LOVE alien
4, and only care for a couple of tracks on DH. I still listen to A4
frequently. (as for "beam me up" - ive heard it called 'juvenile,' but
to my ears it is no more juvi than much of calvert's and turner's
output. in fact, to me, it sounds very much like a nik turner song
written for uhhh, the sequel to a rocky horror thing. yeah that'sthe
ticket. ;))

i think HW will spring back, but i DO thing they need a bass player.

rj