Kevin Bronson on January 27th, 2020

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Figs Vision’s new EP ought to come with a 3D visualizer, a decoder and a Whoopee cushion, or all three. “Hot Rod” is the latest eccentric escapade from the duo of Gunner Sixx and Jordan Spoliansky, a four-song thicket of experimental psych-pop with bent sonics and an even more warped sense of humor.

Not that it doesn’t make sense, if you take your time with it. “Hot Rod,” the follow-up to the EP “Choo Choo” released last year after a two-year hiatus, loosely tells the story of a girl named Kumi who is lost in a forest during a camping trip with some kids from school. With their gurgling, twinkling, glowing electronics and affected vocals, it creates a pastiche that feels like Pee Wee Herman narrating a horror film.

There’s nobody out there quite like Figs Vision, that’s for sure.

||| Stream: “Kumi”

||| Also: Stream “Hot Rod” in its entirety

||| Live: Figs Vision winds up their Monday residency tonight at the Echo. It’s a free show, with Clarke and the Himselfs, Content (Jaiq Stein), DeadXLife and Alaska Lynch.