Iconoclastic as ever, Hunx and His Punx mix the apocalyptic with the cheery

On “Top of the Punx” from Hunx and His Punx’s new album Walk Out On This World, Seth “Hunx” Bogart’s tongue is planted firmly in his frequently rouged cheek as he sings of the exquisite pain of being recognized on the street. “I don’t want to be top of the punks,” he sings, but if you see him perform, you’ll wonder how he could have ever been anything else.

Rail-thin and frequently dressed in thrift-store Tom of Finland leather drag, the Tucson-born singer spent most of his 20s as a member of the famed Bay Area electropunk band Gravy Train!!!! prior to setting out with his own band at the peak of San Francisco’s fertile late-’00s garage rock scene. Nobody who saw any Hunx and His Punx shows forgot them in a rush, with Bogart’s reedy voice contrasting with the thick, earthy girl-group back