Huw Lloyd-Langton - Hard Graft (CD)

A new album from the Hawkwind guitarist and company! The album is dedicated to the exceptional musician Tim Rice Williams pianist, keyboards & synth player who died of cancer two weeks after completing his work on this album.

Hard Graft is the latest album from Hawkwind alum Huw Lloyd Langton. In many ways it very much resembles the sounds that band made when Langton was part of the group. One of the things I like best about this disc is that it looks back to the days when guitar soloing wasn’t limited to little compartments in the middle of a song. Langton takes every opportunity to shine here and it really adds a lot to the effectiveness. I’d have to say that the three blues guitar solos that are added as bonus tracks kind of take away from the set, though. They don’t fit musically with the rest of the tunes and since the main album is bookended, those bonus tracks distract from that effort.