INTERVIEW: Kevin Comeau on Crown Lands’ “Apocalypse” and the Sci-Fi Prog Epic Two Years in the Making


 

​GhostCultKeefy caught up with Kevin Comeau of Crown Lands, the award-winning Canadian progressive rock duo from Oshawa, Ontario, to discuss the band’s ambitious new album Apocalypse, released May 15, 2026, through InsideOut Music. Kevin breaks down the making of the record, including its centerpiece nineteen-minute multi-part title suite, standout tracks “Through the Looking Glass” and “Blackstar,” and how the album expands the cosmic narrative universe first introduced on their 2023 record “Fearless.”

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ALBUM REVIEW: Crown Lands – Fearless


 

Crown Lands claim the crown with this truly fearless album. Which crown? The crown of the New Kings of Progressive Rock. This virtuoso, exciting and engaging Canadian duo – guitarist/bassist/keys player Kevin Comeau and singer/drummer Cody Bowles – have delivered a record that, if you hold any prog in your soul, will leave you smiling from sated ear to sated ear. It’s also a record full of ideas, that will make you think, that fulfills its promise, and is well worth the wait – how many albums can we say that about? As Bowles sings on ‘Context’: “If life is a wheel/ Please let it spin/ And doors that may open/ Please let me in …” You’re in guys, you’re in.

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