The Dukes of Stratosphere - 25 O'ClockThe story at least according to the press releases is a familiar one. XTC, as a non touring band, between the recording release of The Big Express and Skylarking, adopted the alter egos of The Dukes of Stratosphear and set about writing and recording 25 OClock, partying like it was 1967 and stereo phasing had just been popularised. With a clutch of songs as tuneful as Sgt. Peppers, guitars cranked up like a Kinks Pye b side, the collective knowledge

this Eels show was "a gentlemen's Eels concert

‘Smell the pines

He's no psychedelic Civil War re-enactor

Hundreds of self-released albums over the past 50 years

The songs on Hosono House display the breadth of Hosono’s talents

åÊThe Magic Flute

Levi‰۪s affected vocals eschew easily readable emotional tone

or even bell-bottoms

opens and closes with references to The Beatles

There are no Peel sessions anymore - that tradition was buried in the pyramids with John Peel himself upon the great man's passing

There might not be any answers here

The album was recorded at Sonic Ranch outside of El Paso