HAWKWIND

This debut is not really representative of their later work. Some childish and uninteresting song as the opener "Hurry On The Sundown" is not exactly what you could expect from the band. But they will evolve, don't worry.

The Floydian flavor of "The Reason Is" has a deep psychedelic origin and is much more appealing. "ASOS" is of course very close, but I have to say that this loose track has something fascinating although difficult to apprehend if you are not really in the early psychedelia (which would be normal if you aren't around fifty years old by now).

The drumming during "Be Yourself" is almost a carbon copy of "Set The Control.". This fully psyche track is one of the highlight of this debut album. Hypnotic and completely disjointed as I like. One can consider this piece of music as plagiarism but Floyd was so influent on this genre that it is almost normal that bands from that era were keen to play such music.

Same applies to "Seeing It As You Really Are" which is so close to the weird intro of "ASOS ". But this is one of my fave from the great Floyd. So.no wonder that I like this one a lot. Great rocking beat combined with a true spacey mood. Some of the ingredients of their next production. Another highlight.

The mood of the whole album is pretty much in the same vein. Considering this album as a masterpiece is something beyond my understanding.

"Kiss Of The Velvet Whip" is one of the best bonus tracks available. The band will produce far much better music later on, so you shouldn't bother too much about this one although it is more than a curiosity. I have to admit that the version of "Cymbaline" is a good cover from this Floyd piece as well.

Three stars for the remastered version.