Here’s some wild new shit for you: Apes & Androids.

Start with the New York Times’ pitch: “If Queen had been an underground rock band from New York, it might have sounded something like Apes & Androids, whose style is as entertainingly bombastic — slick harmonies, horn sections — as it is simple and visceral.”

You’d have to check that out, right?

It turns out to be a pretty fair assessment. Throw in some Prince, Beck, maybe even a little Bowie and you’re really cookin’. Certainly, this is some crazy music. Need to hear more before the final hammer slams down to judge, but Apes & Andriods are nothing if not interesting.

This song, The Golden Prize, is a little more stilted and electro than some of the band’s other tracks on their Myspace. But when the harmonies whip, I dig. (On the myspace, be sure to check out “Make Forever Last Forever” and “Riverside” — that ones straddles some amazing ground… I would’ve posted one of these but they aint for download.)

So where’s my promo copy of this album? Seriously, I’m asking.