Hawkwind - Road To Utopia (CD)

For their 31st studio album, Hawkwind have collaborated with songwriter and conductor Mike Batt to recreate a selection of Hawkwind songs with an extra, orchestral ingredient. Hawkwind invited Mike to help create arrangements for some of their most celebrated songs performed by the current line-up of Dave Brock, Richard Chadwick, Mr Dibs, Haz Wheaton and Magnus Martin. Tracks such as ‘Quark, Strangeness and Charm’, ‘We Took The Wrong Step Years Ago’ and ‘Psychic Power’ are re-rooted acoustically, then embellished with a strength and majesty only Hawkwind can produce. ‘The Watcher’ features trademark guitar licks from very special guest Eric Clapton. Dave Brock says: “Reinventing these familiar songs has been an interesting experience… we hope you like them.” Road To Utopia will be previewed in August by a two-track digital single coupling ‘Quark, Strangeness And Charm’ and ‘The Watcher’, which will be promoted to radio and to streaming platforms. The band