When NYC-based experimental dance punks Guerilla Toss, active since time immemorial aka 2011, were in Vermont recording their new full-length album You're Weird Now, frontwoman Kassie Carlson would prepare what she called 'punk lunch': a communal meal made by raiding the studio fridge for whatever was left and assembling a sandwich from the most random ingredients imaginable.

Regularly joining punk lunch were two legends from their own corners of the weird music world: Stephen Malkmus (Pavement, The Jicks) and Trey Anastasio, Phish guitarist and owner of The Barn — the recording studio where Guerilla Toss were making You're Weird Now, with Malkmus in the producer's seat. Engineer Bryce Goggin, who has worked with Malkmus since Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain, and Ben Collette, Phish's longtime engineer at The Barn, were also part of the crew.

Guerilla Toss serve as the natural bridge between slacker punks who saw Pavement way before you did, wild-eyed wooks who've seen Phish more times than you ever will, and even the eccentrics following former GT tourmates Primus — a band so imaginative and unapologetically themselves, they're basically the real-life manifestation of a utopian, post-snob world where all musical ideas are worthy of expression and everyone is welcome.

You're Weird Now, Guerilla Toss' fifth album and second for Sub Pop, is a hugely creative and joyful statement about the joy of creativity, reclaiming the word "weird" for everyone brave enough to let their freak flag fly and stay true to their artistic vision. In many ways it's Guerilla Toss at their most quintessential: the energy is still high, but there's a new clarity behind it, with each musical choice crafted for maximum impact. As Carlson puts it, "Everyone loves and appreciates music. If you don't like music, you're kind of an asshole."