XTC to Reissue Dukes of Stratosphear Side Project

Back in 1985, three members of the acerbic British power-pop institution XTC (and one other dude, guitarist David Gregory's brother Ian) took a little time off to record 25 O'Clock, a vinyl-only EP of retro psychedelic pop, under the name Dukes of Stratosphear. As side projects go, this one was pretty elaborate: XTC themlselves claimed in interviews that they had nothing to do with the project, and all the band's members adapted goofy-ass stage-names. Frontman Andy Partridge, for instance, was ...

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