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Colored by an amalgam of influences as diverse as Can, T. Rex, Miami bass, Lil Jon, Prince, Silver Apples, Pere Ubu, Talking Heads, The Gap Band, and Dub Syndicate, Gym Class don’t really sound like these artists. It’s all internal, and like repressed testosterone, it shines through when the time comes.

Exploring ever-changing musical identities, Jay Guillermo, Dylan Maiden and Jesse Serwer look to the heavy spirit of hip-hop, dub, electronic, and spaghetti western soundtracks for inspiration to accomplish their mission: create some of the bass-iest, bizarre, and most chest-reverberating music possible without the use of an actual bass. Guillermo’s Juno-60 and Serwer’s kick drum provide the boom in question, forming the backbone of the Gym Class sound, while Maiden’s intermittent single-note wails and “fey” moans fill the rhythmic vertebrate of simple synth tones and elemental hi-hat claps. The end result is a substantial union of highs and lows, a thick and stripped-down hunk of sweet meat that will make your frame shake.