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

Liddiard and Fiona Kitschin were part of the long-running and critically-acclaimed act The

The Freakbeat Scene brings together 25 remarkable tracks

Humphrey floats over the top with a near-inexhaustible supply of melodic ideas

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Vermont to Connecticut

“We got on straight away because we had a lot in common

proved to be a less laboured - and more conventional - record to make

Pointed articulations of these ideas are heard as schizoid blues rants

Whilst numerous acts were making use of the sampler and MIDI technology

Keiron Melling (drums)

Townes Van Zandt has written some of the biggest selling Country songs and has been covered by Plant & Krauss

We thusly realize the need to become overt about our own intentions and our own mores