1,2,3

1,2,3

The puckish pranksters of RIP Magic conjure images of the 1990s alternative rock overground—think the funky-white-boy stylings of Odelay-era Beck and the dusty beats of Soul Coughing—on their delightfully hard-to-pin-down debut album 1,2,3. The quartet (which counts Marco Pini of London’s Sorry as a member) has developed a sound that sounds as decidedly modern as much as it recalls the anything-goes ethos of their creative forebears; despite their recent tour-opener stint for electro-pop juggernaut Tame Impala, there’s little that’s straightforward about their mix of skittering beats and searing guitar lines. The heavy-lidded “Light Over There” recalls a gothier version of trip-hop icons Portishead, while closing track “5Words” earns its prior status as a DFA-released single with a steady-building dance-floor freak-out.

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