Custard Flux braves the elements and visits new worlds on Enter Xenon.

The Detroit band ventures to Arctic locales and distant fantasy realms on its latest prog-rock album.

“That’s what I like to create with my art,” said Gregory Curvey, Custard Flux’s vocalist, guitarist, and multi-instrumentalist. “I like everyone to look at it and see something different. I didn’t have anything in mind like that … but it all does flow that way artistically.”

Enter Xenon seamlessly flows through 10 tracks, which feature intriguing tales about aspiration, uncertainty, and loss alongside cinematic instrumentals.

“I’m not trying to guide anyone anywhere, but I’m working with themes,” Curvey said. “I’m putting together things that are cohesive. I’m not necessarily making a concept album with a thought-out story. I’ve always loved how Richard Butler and The Psychedelic Furs use the same lyrics in different songs, so I’m kinda doing that.”

For its sixth studio album, Custard Flux also seeks inspiration from the element xenon and the 1980 sci-fi pinball game Xenon.

“All of the albums, except for Echo, have been named after elements,” Curvey said. “I was gonna use xenon because I thought it was cool. In the pinball game, a female voice says, ‘Enter Xenon.’ Back then, my friends and I would go to the arcade and blow all of our money. I wanted to make it my own thing.”

To learn more, I spoke with Curvey about his background and the inspiration behind the album.

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