Photo by Stefanie Squires, courtesy the artist.

D.C. musician John Masters has witnessed the city’s music scene go through many transitions. A staple in the scene for the past decade plus—fronting indie-rock quartet Metropolitan and performing with a host of other bands throughout the years, including Stamen & Pistils and The Cheniers—Masters comes from an eclectic musical background. And that shows in the music he plays under the moniker Harness Flux.

Masters’ solo project is a kind of convergence of different influences—Pavement-esque riffs, reverb-heavy vocals, and noisy, distorted guitar that give it all a psychedelic tinge. In his latest tune, “Results May Vary,” which DCist is premiering today, Masters’ crooning, bleeding vocals echoes over shimmering guitars as a subtle beat leaps in and out throughout the song. Sure, there’s a heavy retro slacker-rock vibe in the laid-back rhythm of the song, but “Results May Vary” sounds more like the soundtrack to a cinematic dream sequence in a high-minded film than anything coming out in the ’90s. “Results May Vary,” like most of Harness Flux’s catalogue, is a song to be felt, rather than just heard.

Harness Flux is playing at Black Cat on Thursday with Gross Ghost and Heads on Sticks (info/tickets here), and on December 12 at Union Arts with The Caribbean and Tereu Tereu.