here is a 3 way split album by U.S. Christmas, Harvestman, and Minsk...the concept is that each band does a few cover songs originally performed by the band Hawkwind...i gotta say, i was never a huge Hawkwind fan, i mean, i'd heard some of their stuff before and thought it was okay but not anything i'd listen to all the time, and i love Lemmy, but Motorhead is more my taste than his other band, Hawkwind...but now im beginning to think maybe i've underestimated them...either that or these 3 bands have an uncanny ability to make Hawkwind songs sound super fucking badass! this is a great record, i highly recommend expanding your mind to this densely layered and textured, experimental, psychedelic rock masterpiece...the album clocks in at over 78 minutes so you got plenty of time to get baked, drop a hit or two, or do whateva ya gotta do to get to that spiritual plain of sonic enlightenment...this is some of the best Harvestman that i've ever heard, and i think its because Von Till is actually singing on these tracks as opposed to the rest of the Harvestman albums that are mainly instrumental...Steve Von Till is one artist that i have nothing but mad respect for, the guy has just got soul, i don't know what else to say, he has a way of making me feel the emotion and energy in his music, more so than just about anyone else i can think of...and the other two bands on this split are kick ass too...i've been a fan of Minsk ever since i subjected myself to "The Ritual Fires Of Abandonment" and was lifted onto another level of consciousness and perception...and U.S. Christmas has never sounded better than on this record, really spacey, really trippy, and really cool...if you want a break from the daily grind then check out this album and free your mind!
Jam some earlier Hawkwind alubms anything from 70-77. My faves are "Hall of the Mountain Grill" Lemmy is on this one, and "Warrior on the Edge of Time"
ReplyDeleteGreat to smoke out too.