HW: In Your Area

[Michael S. Habiby]

No I love it too.  Very heavy in places.  Very good CD.

Mike

Nick Medford wrote:

> Yes I know you all bought this the day it came out, but having just picked
> up a copy this weekend thought I'd share my (belated) thoughts.
>
> In brief: it's bloomin' great. Far better than I dared hope having read all
> the lukewarm comments in the list archives. OK, I could live without
> another version of Brainstorm- although this one's perfectly creditable.
> And yes, Rizz is lame- although he doesn't piss me off like he does some
> folks round here. In any case the MUSIC on the Rizz tracks is generally
> excellent. HIYA may be the THIRD time they've wheeled out their cod-reggae
> track, but at least Ron's (surprisingly inventive) bass playing lends a bit
> of weight to the sound this time. And if you imagine 'Your Fantasy' as a
> free-festival shoutalong it suddenly makes perfect sense- it's not deep but
> it's FUN fer Gawd's sake.
>
> For me the album really gets going with Aerospaceage Inferno- superb
> version, great vocals from Ron who is impressive throughout. Never been
> convinced about him but his performances here are the best I've heard (or
> seen, come to that). I'd actually rate this higher than the Lockheed
> version (and as a major Calvert fan I don't say such things lightly). Then
> the studio tracks- well these are great: OK not many 'proper songs', but
> far more creative than many of their recent forays into instrumental
> electronica. One point worth making- this is definitely a 'Headphone
> Album', particularly the studio stuff. There's a lot going on that I didn't
> pick up before the trial by 'phones. 'I Am The Reptoid' is infinitely
> better than the original Distant Horizons track IMO: one of the weirdest,
> darkest things they've done for a very long time. The driving garage feel
> and raw-but-powerful vocals on 'Hippy' make it sound like a souped-up 90s
> version of the 13th Floor Elevators (a good thing, most definitely).
>
> A few weak points but overall this is a tremendous album, far superior to
> Distant Horizons, and the spaceship Hawkwind is in better condition than I
> feared (famous last words).
>
> I know lots of people will disagree with the above but I'm actually quite
> relieved to find that I like it so much, so wanted to share my joy.
>
> Nick
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