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\n\t\u201cArrest me, I\u2019m a hot freak!\u201d Asha Lorenz sings, her words spilling out frantically. \u201cI\u2019m bombastique! I\u2019m making modern music in Spain, I\u2019m on the jet plane\u2026\u201d Behind her, the beat skitters and grinds ominously. By the time the song ends with a gonzo sample of Robert Pollard bellowing \u201cHOT FREAKS!\u201d from the 1994 song<\/a> of that name, you might be asking yourself what kind of band you\u2019re listening to. That\u2019s how it goes on Cosplay<\/em>, the spectacularly strange new album from Sorry<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n\tThe experimental North London group is led by Lorenz and Louis O\u2019Bryen, both 28, who first bonded over their love of underground U.S. hip-hop when they met in school at age 12. They formed Sorry a few years later, releasing their debut in 2020 and quickly gaining a reputation for their flagrant disregard of any and all genre rules. With Cosplay<\/em>, out Nov. 7 on Domino, they cement their place as one of the most brilliantly eccentric bands in indie rock<\/a> \u2014 though they\u2019d probably roll their eyes if you tried to box them into that category.<\/p>\n \n\tThey spent about two years recording the album at studio spaces across London, including a tiny room of their own near Kentish Town, in the city\u2019s northwest sprawl. Lorenz and O\u2019Bryen generally get the songs started as a duo before bringing in bass player Campbell Baum, keyboardist Marco Pini, and drummer Lincoln Barrett to help flesh out their inside jokes and stylistic gambles. \u201cMe and Louis have a kind of unspoken [understanding],\u201d Lorenz says. \u201cWe know what each other are talking about, so the song just takes off or it doesn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n