Hawkwind's Dave Brock Explains New Album Title and Cover

antiMusic: I've been told that most Hawkwind records are based on a theme even if they're not full-fledged concept records. Is there any particular theme to Blood of the Earth and if so, how does it relate to the title track? Dave: Well there is. I mean, Blood of the Earth being the lava that comes out of the earth of course. And also, you know being weathered by the wind and water and turning to soil, so it's re-generation in a way. Constant re-generation. Some people will listen too and think about what they're doing on this planet and of course, we've got our escape-ism, science fiction and so on. There's a double sort of little story there. Listen, in a way what we're doing is painting pictures with sound and people can make their own minds up. (laughs) Paint their own story.

antiMusic: I know you said it's up for interpretation but if Blood of the Earth is represented by lava coming up from the earth, what is the story behind the cover with a ship on water? Dave: Oh the ship. That's part of our show. We've got a wonderful visual show. and we have 2 dancers that have been working with us. They're really good girls actually, and they're really, really good together. We play a song called "Tide of the Century", one of Tim's songs and the two girls are actually like giant lobsters. They've got these huge great big costumes. And in the song, the longboat comes up through the water and I mean it looks quite spectacular when you watch it on stage. So that's the story behind that picture. It's part of our stage show. - Read the full interview here!

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