HAWK

The Chicago quartet HAWK released its breakthrough album "Princess America" (which featured a cameo in voice and word by Lawrence Ferlinghetti) in 2005, getting rave reviews worldwide and national airplay on AAA and Alternative radio, and was the subject of a program on German National Radio (DLF) featuring new topical/political music from the U.S. Chicago powerhouse WXRT radio chose "Find a New Road" as one of the best Chicago songs of the year, and "What's Goin Down" was chosen as the lead-off track for American Fallout Records' Americana Sampler Vol.1, which went to #3 on the National Roots radio chart and remained on the chart for over 10 weeks.For the past year, HAWK has been recording the upcoming follow-up, "ROCK N ROLL", and went to LA in October to mix with acclaimed producer Dave Trumfio (Wilco, OK Go, Built to Spill, My Morning Jacket) at Kingsize Sound Labs in Silver Lake. The disc was mastered by Mike Hagler of Kingsize Chicago. ROCK N ROLL is officially finished, and the band is talking to several labels. A spring/summer 2007 released is anticipated.The 11 new tracks on "ROCK N ROLL" take you back to a mid-70s Rock vibe that bristles with loud guitars, raw, stripped-down rhythms, and infectious melodies. The album was inspired by "the badass orange Camaro my brother had when we were growing up" Hawkins says, "We'd drive around, getting stoned, listening to AC/DC, Zeppelin, Humble Pie, and the Stones...you know, REAL music. That's where these songs came out of."Check out a few of the new tracks, and drop us a line. Visit the HAWK website at http://www.hawkmusic.net for updates, news, and more.RECENT HAWK PRESS"Hints of '80s jangle psych-pop bristle amidst the brilliant and punchy power chords that ebb and flow through this 11-track rocker. David Hawkins is the driving force behind this Chicago area band that mixes his passion for the old school (Dylan, VU), the not as old (Springsteen, R.E.M., dB's) and the new (Jayhawks, Uncle Tupelo). The result is an infectious blend of driving power-pop that sounds like a cross between The Foo Fighters and The Cosmic Rough Riders." --Miles of Music“A fresh new voice in American music.” --Detroit Free Press"With a ragged wall of raging guitars, and singer/writer David Hawkins' earnest vocals, "Princess America" is a finely chiseled throwback to '80s guitar band land, when behemoths like the Del-Lords and Dream Syndicate roamed the earth. The songs concentrate on holding your ground in a world gone mad, with the ballad "Innocence" emerging as a centerpiece of sorts, and the rumbling "The Secret," a call to arms..."--Pop Culture Press“As a teenager, David Hawkins was influenced by the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and the Who, but it was Neil Young’s “Harvest” that was a revelation. In the late ‘80s, while managing the alt-country group Souled American, Hawkins began writing his own songs. Digging into the rich musical vein of the past from Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan to Hank Williams and Robert Johnson, his music pulses with an appealing pop-rock beat, clever, meditative lyrics and finely honed melodies.”--Chicago Sun-Times