I SEE HAWKS IN LA
Live And Never Learn
(WESTERN SEEDS RECORD COMPANY)
Having had the misfortune to release their debut album on 9/11, I See Hawks In LA, have suffered further personal grief more recently, and this is the first band album for five years. These struggles have had a positive artistic effect, though, with several cuts influenced by the bitter-sweetness in taking strength from adversity.
Impressive in their country simplicity, ‘Ballad For The Trees’ and the title track (the latter deliciously spiced by guest Dave Zirbel’s pedal steel guitar) set the tone, but the air crackles with energy when Rob Waller, Paul Lacques, Paul Marshall and Victoria Jacobs flex their rock n roll muscles on ‘The Last Man In Tujunga’ and the swampy ‘King Of The Rosemead Boogie’.
Even more contrasting is when drummer Jacobs steps out front to lead her own ‘Spinning’, its wistful vocal, her bandmates’ harmonies and a spacey, heavily-tremoloed guitar harking back fifty years to the psychedelic folk-rock sounds of California.
Quirkier still, but indicative of the band’s wide palette is the doo-wop soul of ‘My Parka Saved Me’, a part-spoken, part harmonised true life tale of an accident Jacobs suffered in her teens.
Currently on tour in The UK - Dates
| Date | City | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| Tour: England, Scotland, and Wales Summer 2018 | ||
| 07/24/18 Tuesday | Merseyside | Grateful Fred’s |
| Time: 8:00pm.Age restrictions: All Ages.Address: 368 Liverpool Road. | ||
| 07/25/18 Wednesday | Bristol | The Canteen |
| Time: 9:30pm.Age restrictions: All Ages.Address: 80 Stokes Croft. | ||
| 07/26/18 Thursday | High Wycombe | Kingsmead House Concerts |
| Time: 7:00pm.Admission: £13.20.Age restrictions: All Ages.BUY TICKETS | ||
| 07/27/18 Friday | Bucks | Empty Rooms Promotions |
| Time: 7:00pm.Admission: £12.50.Age restrictions: All Ages.Address: Dinton Parish Church, Dinton, Nr Aylesbury.BUY TICKETS | ||
| 07/28/18 Saturday | Elton, Northamptonshire | The Three Horseshoes |
| Time: 8:00pm.Age restrictions: All Ages.Address: High Street.BUY TICKETS | ||
| 07/29/18 Sunday | Worcester | The Marrs Bars |
| Time: 8:00pm.Age restrictions: All Ages.Address: 12 Pierpoint Street. | ||
| 07/30/18 Monday | Birmingham | The Kitchen Garden |
| Time: 8:00pm.Admission: £12.Age restrictions: All Ages.Address: 17 York Road.BUY TICKETS | ||
| 08/01/18 Wednesday | Bardowie | House Concert with Ron and Janey North of Glasgow |
| Time: 7:00pm.Age restrictions: All Ages.Address: 3 Robinsfield. | ||
| 08/02/18 Thursday | Thurso, Scotland | Mr. C’s Bar |
| Time: 7:00pm.Age restrictions: All Ages.WAYYY up north in ScotlandBUY TICKETS | ||
| 08/03/18 Friday | Beauly, Scotland | Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival |
| Time: 10:00pm.Age restrictions: All Ages.Trailer Trash Stage | ||
| 08/04/18 Saturday | Beauly, Scotland | Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival |
| Time: 10:00pm.Age restrictions: All Ages.Potting Shed Stage | ||
| 08/05/18 Sunday | Isle of Skye | Isle of Skye House Concert |
| Time: 2:00pm.Age restrictions: All Ages. | ||
| 08/08/18 Wednesday | Leeds, LS7 3PD | Seven Arts Leeds |
| Time: 8:30pm.Admission: £11/13.Age restrictions: All Ages.Address: 31(a) Harrogate Road.LEEDS? LEEDS!BUY TICKETS | ||
| 08/09/18 Thursday | Nottingham | The Maze |
| Time: 7:30pm.Admission: £12.Age restrictions: All Ages.Address: 257 Mansfield Rd.BUY TICKETS | ||
| 08/10/18 Friday | Scarborough | Woodend Gallery |
| Time: 7:30pm.Admission: £10.00.Age restrictions: All Ages.BUY TICKETS | ||
| 08/11/18 Saturday | Acklington | Country Cantina Festival |
| Time: 12:30pm.Age restrictions: All Ages.Address: Acklington Village Hall.BUY TICKETS | ||
| 08/11/18 Saturday | Liverpool | West Kirby Arts Center |
| Time: 8:30pm.Age restrictions: All Ages.with our friends The Good Intentions! | ||
| 08/12/18 Sunday | Swanage | Square and Compass |
| Time: 2:00pm.Age restrictions: All Ages.Address: Worth Matravers.Last show of our UK Tour! | ||