New Orleans pop-rock quartet The Bummers don’t take themselves too seriously. Sure, they love making music — but it’s hard for them to avoid making critical commentary about the world around us, albeit in a humorous way.

That approach is on full blast on the band’s latest EP, Dairy Beach, which OffBeat’s Robert Fontenot described as “punchy tunes with moody, pastel chords, equally reminiscent of post-grunge Foo Fighters, a less screamo At The Drive-In, and the sorely missed Adventures of Jet.” The Bummers have released a music video for “NHL 2002,” a song whose title references a classic video the band members grew up playing. The entire song, actually, is an homage to an early 2000s childhood.

The band says they wanted to “keep it mostly fun and enjoyable” in the video, a goal they accomplish several times over. It’s ridiculous, in the best way possible.

“We live in strange times where capitalism has bred unprecedented inequality, and we’re essentially inundated with useless mass produced products,” the band tells OffBeat.com. “So the end of the video portrays that through the band members holding random items that are burning in flames. On our first album we had a lot of anti-capitalist themes and I think many of those have carried over into our more recent work as well.”

In a city primarily known for jazz, funk and blues, The Bummers “lean toward heavier music.” Embracing the DIY punk music also prevalent in New Orleans, the band cites locals like Donovan Wolfington and Pope as inspirations. “New Orleans’ appreciation for the zany and wild helps us feel compelled to bend genres, assemble sonically diverse show lineups, and work side by side with musicians who have different skill sets than we do,” say The Bummers.

I asked the band what a Bummers signature cocktail would consist of, to test their sense of humor and left-of-centered-ness. “Nut milk, lime juice, warm PBR and e-girl bath water,” they say. Folks can see these maniacal musicians live on Halloween (when else?) at Gasa Gasa.