I can’t remember for the life of me where or how I discovered Star Period Star. Or how I wound up with the CD of their fifth studio album, Twilight Saving Time. Maybe it was Sea of Tranquility reviewing it on their YouTube channel; maybe it was elsewhere. And maybe it was a case of the difference in price between the digital download and the CD justified retaking the plunge and grabbing a CD. Whatever the reason, grab it I did, listened once, and promptly forgot about it in the rushing onslaught of releases and reissues. This morning I brewed some piping hot coffee and did some dedicated listening. Good stuff, modern and poppy with hints of ’70s vintage and ’80s neo prog that despite some small reservations works as a fun diversion from the same old bands doing the same old thing.

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