As album opening tracks go, INXS’ “Guns In The Sky,” which kicks off 1987’s Kick, ranks pretty high on my list. “Like A Prayer,” the title track to Madonna’s 1989 masterpiece, is up there too.

“Guns In The Sky” is an opening salvo so strong that upon getting my hands on Kick, I kept rewinding the cassette to hear it again. Instantly hooked on the song’s hard-charging riff and blistering guitar solo, I wasn’t yet ready to move on to the poppier “New Sensation.” My decades-long love for “Guns” (the rare INXS tune that Michael Hutchence penned alone) is why I can now count exactly three TV On The Radio songs that I’m willing to listen to a second time.

“Caffeinated Consciousness,” taken from the Brooklyn band’s upcoming album, Nine Types Of Light, sounds so much like “Guns In The Sky” that Hutchence’s heirs should demand a songwriting credit.

Unlike its lead-off cousin, “Caffeinated Consciousness” serves as the closing track on Nine Types Of Light. Snag a free download of the song via the widget below.