Let's face it, friends, some signals float, some whir and whine, some signals dissipate into distorted messes, some are incinerated for re purposing and some just groove. On their "Fears" E.P. Hawk of the Low Hills, a 3 piece outfit based around the North West Coast of the UK, near Liverpool, is at once accomplished, groovy, celestial and sweeping. Not only do these fellows go out there, but they do, indeed, also just plain old get down.
If I were to write the the music for my yet to be produced imaginary film "Space Pimp" surely, Fears, the opening track, would be played by the band that followed the protagonist as he traipses through the desolate landscape of a Martian city collecting his grift from his ladies. Further, I dig the string filled, trip hop-esque languidity of PPR, most assuredly appreciate the poly rhythmic homage to Brubeck in New Jazz Language and love the break beat funk spiced with MF Doom style vocal samples of the closing track, Papers.
'WHAT!?' Say you? Yeah, baby, Hawk of the Low Hills goes there... and gets DOWN.
The "Fears" E.P. is available from Romeda Records
E.D. Out
