I recommend:
xex
Group: xex
The Smack Shire
Reissue of an obscure all-synth NJ band from 1980.
riyl: The Normal, Fad Gadget, Suburban Lawns, Mi-Sex, Yello, B-52's, Devo, Soft Cell
Highly recommended.
Apparently, nobody outside of podunk New Jersey knew these guys when they were around. However, any avant garde band finds it worth their while to send a promo copy to WFMU. WFMU meticulously catalogues their archives, and that's exactly where this record was re-discovered by one of the DJs. More on the story and where you can get a copy of xex (it's pronounced zex, and written in all lower-case):
http://www.smackshire.com/article1007.htm
xex
