Los Angeles garage rockers Thee Commons may initially sound like unrepentant goofballs. They’re more like brainy crate-diggers disguised as just-messing-around slackers, raiding pop history for the best in sloppy hooks and loose-limbed beats. That mix of smarts and slouch makes Paleta Sonora instantly lovable—especially the wonky funk of “Milk and Honey” and the disco-meets-cumbia rush "Sequined Dress”—but Thee Commons also explore stranger terrain. “Elotero Spaceman" kicks off with a barrage of zany surf riffs, only to quickly dissolve into a psychedelic jazz fantasia.