Sasha Frere-Jones:

According to Mad Decent, the record label, Major Lazer is a Jamaican commando who fought in the “secret Zombie War of 1984” and lost both arms in combat.

Then the U.S. military equipped him (*) with experimental lasers that double as prosthetic limbs.

You can stream the album and watch a video.

(*) See also, from the Post's Dana Milbank:

Shelby also coaxed Mullen to praise Alabama's very own littoral combat ships. "Could you tell us here the advantages that the Navy will gain once the service begins to utilize the LCS?" he asked.

"Okay," Mullen obliged. "I need the LCS at sea, deployed today. ... It offers unique characteristics in terms of speed and mobility and ..."

"Also firepower," Shelby added.

"And firepower," Mullen agreed.