HAWKWIND Featuring BRIAN BLESSED - "Sonic Attack" Single Due September 1st; Video Streaming
August 18, 2014, 10 years ago
It’s the musical collaboration we never knew we needed, until now! Legendary space rockers, Hawkwind, have teamed up with kingly thespian Brian Blessed on the brand new single, "Sonic Attack".
When Hawkwind decided to recreate the classic Space Ritual show of 1972 for one night only at the London’s Shepherds Bush Empire (February 22nd, 2014), the venerable group donated all proceeds to the animal charity Team Badger – of which Brian Blessed is a patron. It was a gig that set the wheels in motion for a storming new partnership.
When Dave Brock recorded "Sonic Attack" he knew he wanted Brian Blessed to record the spoken word parts. Blessed was only too happy to contribute, recording the words as a nightmarish radio announcement. As effective as it was (you can still here a portion of this original recording in the song) it didn’t sound like Blessed! For his part Brock recorded himself emulating Blessed and returned the recording. The resulting vocals laid down by Blessed are not only captivating but triumphantly emblematic of the man himself.
The accompanying video was created by long time Hawkwind artist Martin McGuiness.
This powerful addition to the Hawkwind canon is available from September 1st. Pre-order the single at this location.
