{"product_id":"hawkwind-the-machine-stops-cd-2016","title":"HAWKWIND The Machine Stops CD (2016)","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1909 E.M. Forster wrote a short story about humanity sealed inside a global machine, all communication mediated, all direct experience forgotten. Hawkwind turned it into an album in 2016 and somehow it felt more urgent than it had any right to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Machine Stops\u003c\/em\u003e is a concept record, which in Hawkwind's hands means extended instrumental passages, Brock's weathered vocals dropping in like a signal breaking through static, and a general atmosphere of civilisational dread dressed up in synthesizer and fuzz. It's the kind of album that rewards headphones and a dark room. The band's long history with science fiction, from Michael Moorcock collaborations to their whole Astounding Sounds era, makes this a natural fit rather than a late-period reach for relevance. They earned the right to adapt Forster. The dystopia suits them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCD, full-length album, UK pressing, 2016. Space rock, progressive, psychedelic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFans of:\u003c\/strong\u003e Atomic Rooster, Caravan, The Pink Fairies, Hawklords, Robert Calvert, Gong.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ALT CVLT","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45549679968447,"sku":"5013929168831","price":21.66,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0742\/3633\/0175\/files\/original_5b212808-f23f-4e7d-9bd3-0300dbc29e6a.jpg?v=1777059176","url":"https:\/\/www.alt-cvlt.com.au\/products\/hawkwind-the-machine-stops-cd-2016","provider":"ALT CVLT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}