The Comas don’t get stoned—they get “Stoneded,” a mind-state a touch more extreme in both its trippy awesomeness and scary wooziness. On their great 2004 album Conductor, singer-guitarist Andy Herod’s mournful mumblings about cheap drugs, bad jobs and stoneded-ly watching ex-girlfriend Michelle Williams on Dawson’s Creek were set to sometimes whimsical, often panicky guitar explorations. The Comas still can’t decide if transcendence lies in outer space or under the covers. And Herod’s post-Michelle crush isn’t any less troubling (the freaky chick’s got a “telepathic aftertaste”), but the big-screen sweep and high-definition melodies (suggesting Weezer’s sluggish pep buoyed by the Flaming Lips’ hallucinatory orchestrations) make this “malfunctioning android”’s anthems of depression extra vivid. Herod’s deep bong bears real beauty.

Download: “Stoneded,” “New Wolf,” “Now I’m a Spider”