The group's line-up had stabilised for some time with guitarist/singer
Dave Brock, drummer Richard Chadwick and singer Mr Dibs, bassist Haz Wheaton had made a guest appearance on the previous album
The Machine Stops replaces Niall Hone here, while guitarist Magnus Martin (whose band Tarantism had often supported Hawkwind) makes his first recorded appearance with the band. They promoted the album with a UK tour in March through May 2017, which featured an opening set performed acoustically.
The Roundhouse main show from 26 May was issued as
Hawkwind At The Roundhouse as a 2CD/DVD boxed-set on 8 December, and the group made a promotional appearance playing an acoustic version of "Ascent" on
Matthew Wright's
Channel 5 daily morning television programme
The Wright Stuff on 1 December. ==Track listing==