Well, here’s an angle the Road Homies never thought of—sex. This “Electro Punk” duo serves up a weird lyrical mix of swinger porn, snarky humor, and post-Katrina survivalism on their debut CD, 12 tracks that merge thin industrial robotix with funky clavinet grooves and white-boy rap. Once New Orleans manages to get over the blues past it never really had, this might be the future of the city’s bar music.

Check out the standout “Watch New Orleans Die,” the place where sleaze, politically-fueled non-PC anger, and ironic humor meet. Singer/keyboardist Warren America (get it?) comes back specifically to see “Every asshole redneck cracker / every pampered white boy slacker… every crackhead, every duster / every Allstate claims adjuster.” Welcome to the new City That Care Forgot.

In a Failing Third World Nation is an uneasy mix, and it doesn’t always work. The decadence of “Swing Club” is a little too insular, “Crying on Mardi Gras” can’t reconcile its novelty roots with its sinister sound, and the catalog of horrors on “Phat Disaster Ass” owes far too much to its main inspiration, the Nails’ “88 Lines About 44 Women.” But Warren, who is essentially the show, has a keen pop sensibility, and when he glams it up near the end on “Chemical’ and “You Don’t Say” (featuring Lynn Drury), his best instincts take over. A comic Trent Reznor wannabe or a transplanted Moby with a poetic stance? Hard to say. But with better production and sharper focus, we might yet find out.