D.C./VA duo Pleasure Curses are an electro-pop post-punk band you need to know. The band just released an EP last fall full of airy electronics—some with a sinister bent. While the band are just a duo their secret weapon is the drum machine. Today’s song of the day “Abstrakt” is aided by a syncopated drum machine with synths pulsing in and out. The track is dark and foggy like a windowless room, and the hushed vocals add to the gloomy effect.

Pleasure Curses play DC9 tonight with Nightpanther and Lenorable. Tickets are $8.