"I think subversion is probably the most important thing an artist can do," says Hank Sullivant, the dangerous mind behind Kuroma.

Kuroma has already blown brains online with their debut recording, Paris , a remarkable bouquet of ear-catching heavy melodies spanning a multitude of musical genres, from prog rock to power pop to bleary-eyed psychedelic soul. Like Todd Rundgren, Beck, or Sullivant's personal heroes, Martin Rev and Alan Vega of Suicide, Kuroma freely takes established pop norms and bends them to his will, distorting and deconstructing music and meaning until they become something altogether more provocative. Case in point: Kuroma's new single from Green Label Sound, the summery bubblegum of "In New York, Everything Is Tropical." As with so much of the best rock 'n' roll, the track has its roots in the bedroom.