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• "Sweet Talkin' Woman" has been shed of her jaunty strut and sweet-talked into a comfy acoustic waltz.
  
  
• Familiar with Bev Bevan's famous tape-looped drumming on "Don't Bring Me Down"? Goodbye drums, hello ten tracks of insane guitars from Hux and his buddy from Paul McCartney's band, Rusty Anderson! (Don't Bring Me Down has already been awarded Single of the Week on Popbang Radio....)

Stripped down or fully rockin', the 12 tracks on Homemade Spaceship all have the unmistakable P. Hux sound. For fans of ELO and P. Hux, Spaceship is the best of both worlds.

"I was in a meeting with Lakeshore Records to discuss a completely different business idea when they proposed that I record 'an acoustic ELO album.' Everyone knows ELO music is dense in a nice way, packed with guitars and strings and lots of vocals as well as other squiggly little items such as vocoder bits and recordings of rain. (Rain--it's an English thing.)

Intrigued, I tried arranging Sweet Talkin' Woman and Do Ya for just voice and acoustic guitar. The treatment worked really nicely for both songs, and I agreed to do the project. But I wanted to do more than just a quiet album, so I got carried away and brought in Gordon Townsend to play drums on five songs. I also had my old pal Rusty Anderson (guitarist from Paul McCartney's band) join me in the studio along with pianist Nic Peroni (who'd played on Purgatory Falls) and some mysterious special guests.

The finished product is a whole new monster and not your classic ELO at all. The entire album was recorded at Soundmoves in Burbank, California, a studio owned and operated by the brilliant Michael Woodrum. Michael's worked with people like Eric Clapton, Joe Cocker, and more recently Joss Stone."

- P. Hux

Early reaction to Homemade Spaceship from press and fans...

"Parthenon Huxley's new CD of ELO covers seems logical, since he is a member of The Orchestra (formerly ELO Part II), as well as a critically acclaimed solo artist. On Homemade Spaceship P. Hux tackles 12 of ELO's classics in his own way, mostly acoustical, and incredibly well done. His version of "Don't Bring Me Down" is quirky and original, and is a fitting finish to an album that shows his passion and ultimate respect for the music of ELO."

"Holy Cow this is awesome! P. Hux has created an album that covers twelve Electric Light Orchestra songs and re-interprets them in his own, purely pop kinda way. He makes these songs sound fresh, new, vibrant."

"I must say that it was just 'superb'. 10538, Blue Sky and Evil Woman instantly became my personal favourites."

"Just a short note to say how much i like it... it's brill."

"I give this album 10 out of 10. Parth really has done some very interesting and very unique arrangements of these ELO classics that we all know and love."

"The new album arrived today, and I'm listening to it now. It's really lovely."

"I just picked up the Homemade Spaceship CD last night and while I'm only 3 tracks into it, it's incredible thus far!"

"Homemade Spaceship is a very good album, and maybe, i can almost say 'a new album', because Hux made new songs with the wonderful songs of ELO, it is not a cover. It's like a journey on another ELO planet. You should take your ticket, if it's not done."

"Sounds great. You realise to make your the songs." (I think I know what you mean! - Hux)

"Absolutely loving this album. Yes it is ELO's music but P.Hux adds wonderful arrangements to the songs that we all know and love. His acoustic style is absolutely excellent. A 'copy' album it aint!!!!"

"Showdown is superb! Awesome! Telephone Line is nearly flawless. Evil Woman is a rockin' version that simply kicks ass. Horace Wimp is remarkable. Outstanding! I love this song even more now having heard this treatment of this classic. Great vocals! Overall it's a must for ELO fans."

"We all think the album is great -- very interesting to hear different interpretations of songs we all know so well."

"Fascinating stuff - highly recommended! It's always fun to me, to (re-)discover the music of ELO/Jeff Lynne from a different perspective..."

"Just a quick note to say how much we like it, definitely one we'll be recommending. You've done a really great job."