Who: Kid Is Qual

Song: Me Gu

Why You’ll Love This: The debut EP from Kid Is Qual, the post-Jack’s Mannequin project for bassist Jonathan “Dr. J” Sullivan, is about as far from his former band as it gets. For starters, there’s nary a guitar to be found on Damn Son; instead, two basses, drums and an array of bells and whistles—from analog effects pedals to a vocal-distorting talk box—collide to create fuzzed-out, static-filled tunes in the vein of Devo, Trans Am and the Faint. The whirling title track sounds like the latter playing 8-bit Nintendo; the rumbling “Me Gu” features screeching-brakes squalls, a corrugated low-end and über-robotic vocals. This is wild wacky stuff, check it! -AP