THE FUTURE NEVER WAITS

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benefits from the addition of former Coil/Spiritualized/Waterboys keyboard player Thighpaulsandra, who appears to have opened up the band’s sound in such a way that seems almost effortless. I found it to be not an instant hit, which in my mind is good because it's a grower and those kind of records have the longest legs in my experience.

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e. contractual and contemporaneous) albums that Hawkwind have recorded live or in the studio for release. The former provides the first of the familiar stories of far-off places in The End that chugs along with trademark gusto aided and abetted by expansive drum fills and rushes of space wind. Eponymous title track 'The Future Never Waits' opens and reaffirms the fact the starship Hawkwind has long lurked outside the realms of mainstream acceptance.In the early 1980s, they produced a studio album and live album under contract to Bronze in 1980, then three studio albums for Rockfield Studios owner Kingsley Ward's Active/RCA. Innovative additions to the Hawkwind canon such as Aldous Huxley and They Are So Easily Distracted introduce an almost lounge-like quality, with piano, audio samples and saxophones lamenting over a futuristic backdrop and roaming guitar solos. But hold on to your hats because the second track 'The End' has that familiar chugging and driving bass sound with persistent drumming speckled with weird noises and mind bending atmosphere. The line-up differing again this time, showing once again that Dave Brock has the power to rebuild his band of merry space rockers.

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Rather than sit on their laurels and dial some new ‘sounds like Hawkwind doing Hawkwind’ music in, the band have recorded a superb composition to challenge and immerse their fans in a virtual soundscape. Tracks featured are: ‘The Future Never Waits’, ‘The End’, ‘Aldous Huxley’, ‘They Are So Easily Distracted’, ‘Rama (The Prophecy)’, ‘USB1’, ‘Outside Of Time’, ‘I’m Learning To Live Today’, ‘The Beginning’ and ‘Trapped In This Modern Age’. It is testimony to Brock that in his more senior years he can continue his flow of ideas and song writing, which enables the band to continue to move ever forward. Such is the way of social media and streaming; this is the best strategy to capitalizs on any audience. Hawkwind have been imaginative and brave, they should be congratulated and hopefully the fanbase will enjoy the journey of ‘The Future Never Waits’ as much as I have.You get the impression that it’s a track that could have no end; an improvised groove that could take off anywhere, gentle pulses decorated with squeaks and whines as an alternative the relentless pumping riffs. The music and accompanying sounds are at times jarring and challenging but still mange to create a coherent structure.