Kevin Bronson on March 5th, 2014

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Somewhere behind all that studied weirdness, steeped in the audacity that saw them famously crash Wayne Coyne’s house, is an artistic fearlessness that makes HOTT MT one of the most unique bands around. The quintet – whose acronym stands for Hour of the Time, Majesty Twelve and who go by names like Ashi Dala, Spooky Tavi, Bad Bahd, Guitty Dryver and Chairman Towel – tried to find methods to their madness on last May’s full-length “I Made This.” That slab of out-there psychedelia (to use a broad term) toyed with song structures, textures and expectations while trying to find a comfortable place for Ashleigh Allard’s incantational vocals. HOTT MT’s new single “Kat Kastle,” made with producer Lewis Pesacov and out as a 7-inch on White Iris, bears some of the Eastern influences of IO Echo’s shoegazing. HOTT MT’s may seem like a quixotic quest, but if trippiness is and endgame, these folks are major players.

||| Watch: The video for “Kat Kastle”

||| Live: HOTT MT plays tonight at the Satellite along with Telepathe and Dude York.

||| Previously: “Never Hate Again (ftr. Wayne Coyne)”