Chicago’s leftfield, weirdo dance-pop outfit (and self-proclaimed “Chicagotronics” originator) Mahjongg has a new record coming out, called The Long Shadow of the Paper Tiger. The album takes the band’s fractured party jams and pairs them with some collaborative vocal efforts from friends the likes of Suddenly Susan and Jeneane O’Toole, both of whom are featured on the album’s first single, “Miami Knights.” Honestly, there’s no way to pin this track down. It’s just about as experimental as a group of dudes with a handful of synths and drum machines can get while writing “accessible” music, but manages to still flex a sort of hook here and there. We’re not sure where that puts them in the genre spectrum, but we are sure it’s weird. And we like weird.

Miami Knights