I often gravitate to songs and music that either tell stories through their lyrics or help me envision stories through their rhythms. So, when I first learned about the genre of Victorian-inspired retrofuturism known as steampunk and began to explore all its possibilities it should come as no surprise that I would soon begin to follow the band Abney Park. Lead singer and songwriter “Captain” Robert Brown has a strong narrative sense in his lyrics and it was clear from the outset that he’d envisi...