Prog

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST

lue Öyster Cult’s 1988 concept album put the kibosh on their career for a while, but 30 years later their former drummer and co-founder hasn’t let this fantastical tale of alien conspiracy go. Last year he released , a largely acoustic reworking of (Deko Entertainment). This is a grand, wacky concept album with plenty of ideas and a pretty solid throughline, and given that its lengthy credits feature BÖC members Eric Bloom, Buck Dharma and Joe Bouchard, it’s nothing if not a curio for fans of that band to explore.

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