Everything you learn about IRONTOM is meant to be taken as a half-truth. The California-based band, built up by lead singer Harry Hayes, guitarist Zach Irons, and drummer Dylan Williams, pulls from post-punk and prog influences with psychedelic flourishes and funk-rock grooves. They lean into the eccentric, satirically commenting on the screwed-up society they know they negatively contribute to themselves. They want to watch the world burn while they pee on the fire. Like a car crash, whether amazed or appalled, no one can look away from the psychedelic world IRONTOM leads listeners through. Despite the madness, the band is clearly doing something right if they compelled rock legend John Frusciante to say, “[Zach Irons] is so deeply rooted in the essence of rock guitar playing that he’s finding ways of retaining that feeling while completely changing the role of the instrument.” Over the coming months, IRONTOM will reveal more and more of their upcoming new album this year, each release weaving into the last, the first of these being “Con Artist.” The journey will be unsettling, madcap and certain to leave fans guessing their next move at every step along the way.