of Montreal’s new album, Paralytic Stalks (out Feb. 7 on Polyvinyl), is primarily a garrulous, complexly melodic record that’s in debt to Todd Rundgren and Sparks’ flamboyant stadium pop. But on the penultimate song, “Exorcismic Breeding Knife,” of Montreal break from the somewhat conventional, if bombastic, songcraft for a tangent that’s practically “Revolution 9”-like in its WTF?-ness. A Ligeti-esque spectral vocal drone hovers over surprising spurts of chamber-music dissonance and enigmatic sound events, all of which are stitched into a nightmarish collage not dissimilar to some of former Elephant 6 mates Olivia Tremor Control's most outré moments. Bold move! Gold star to any DJ who plays this track on the radio or in the club.

of Montreal play Showbox at the Market with Deerhoof and Kishi Bashi Sat. March 24.