Pre-Med - The Truth About Us

The truth is all positive

Last year the talents of former Bedouin singer Danny Faulkner and ex-Hawkwind bassist Alan Davey threw down an impressive statement of intent with the first Pre-Med album, Medication Time, and its anniversary is now marked with this new offering. There’s no “difficult second album” syndrome here. They’ve really hit the mark by developing their sound in a linear way, so that while there are few surprises (apart from a delicate and intricate cover of The Demented Man, a lesser-known acoustic number from the Hawkwind canon), there’s certainly plenty of kaleidoscopic space rock in their interstellar journey.

Think Killing Joke circa-Night Time meets 80s Hawkwind and you’ve got something of the style of a Pre-Med album. Swooshing synthesisers overlaying chopping guitars with compelling lyrics delivered through carefully understated vocals – a thoughtfully created mind-trip played and arranged with intelligence as well as passion.

There’s a nicely developing space-rock renaissance going on at the moment, and this band is very much a part of it, even though they currently remain a studio-based project. Pre-Med may be creating lightshows in your head with their music rather than projecting one in front of your eyes in a live environment, but the sensory effect is still well realised.

Voiceprint | HAWKVP 43 CD

Reviewed by Ian Abrahams
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