When established musicians start a band together, you can typically use their past work to guess what the fruit of their union will sound like. Not so for Andrew Hock and Charlie Looker of NYC’s Psalm Zero. Their best-known prior bands — the prog-metal trio Castevet and the genreless freakshow Extra Life, respectively — have little in common aside from their basic strangeness. The Drain certainly carries on with that strangeness, albeit in unexpected fashion: It’s a bleak amalgamation of industrial rigidity, prog-rock scope, and Gothic decadence. The Drain’s quirky aesthetic will alienate some, but it’s one of the most singular albums I heard this year. –Doug [LISTEN]