The panels below are work in progress for the second issue of Folly Gound, which is slowly taking shape. The setting is the ‘Vinyl Frontier’, the most contemptuous record shop in Folly Ground, and Flo’s workplace. The staff there have very definite opinions as to what constitutes good music and what doesn’t. This latest vignette is such an example, and involves Flo, Luci, and Luci’s friend Johnny Pyro, singer and guitarist with the band ‘Armies of the Astral Plane’.

The Armies of the Astral Plane are one of Folly Ground’s favourite bands. They made an appearance in the first issue: a full-page advert for their single ‘Subtle Doctrine’ was featured (see below). Also, a press release from the Diocese of the Doom & Gloom Faith announced them as the house band at the ‘And the end shall come’ theological conference, organised by the Holy Moses Institute for Disenfranchised and Dislocated Priesthood (HMIDDP). The press release also included a quotation from Johnny.

Advert for the single ‘Subtle Doctrine’ by the Armies of the Astral Plane. Folly Ground #1, April 2020.

The Armies of the Astral Plane have a heavy psychedelic sound accompanied by rather esoteric lyrics, which are very thoughtfully written by Johnny. Luci and Raf are friends as well as huge fans of the band, something that really annoys Flo; he much prefers the Carthagenean Eunuchs who have a very, very different sound (and who were also prominent in the first issue). But that’s a subject for another post.

If you want to be reminded of Folly Ground’s musical ‘rivalries’, you can still leaf through the first issue. Just hit ‘Home’ in the menu above.

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