The Beverly Crushers turn Star Trek: The Next Generation into the subject of Sick Bay, a 2020 album with a comic streak and a title that makes its intentions clear. The tracklist moves from “Only Data?” and “When the Walls Fell” through “Holodeck 4”, “Sons of Mogh”, and “Four Lights”, with “The Away Team” marked explicit. Its tags point to rock, indie rock, classic rock, 70s and 90s rock, jazz, and stoner rock, which gives a fair idea of the broad, knowingly goofy brief. If riffs, space references, and a bad pun in the same sitting sound appealing, this is aimed in your direction.
The band has been active since 2014, and Sick Bay comes out of a San Francisco setting, with recording at Tiny Telephone and Surprise Rock HQ in the city, plus Louder Studios in Grass Valley. Tim Green mixed and mastered it at Louder. The Chop Unlimited released the album on a name-your-price basis, with FLAC, ALAC, WAV, AIFF, and 320 kbps MP3 available alongside vinyl, CD, and apparel. It’s a neat fit for anyone who likes their rock albums loose, funny, and deeply committed to a specific television universe.
