I know I like to take my occasional shots at the Brooklyn hipster scene. Thankfully the cream still rises to the top. It also helps when Grooms leadman Travis Johnson builds distortion pedals for audiophilia mecca Death by Audio . Bassist Emily Ambruso actually lives there. Johnson recorded under the Muggabears moniker until 2005 when him and Ambruso began collaborating. Three drummers and a a few necessary pitfalls later they settled on the expert hammering of Jim Sykes. 2009’s Rejoicer took the hyper rock of Sonic Youth and shot it into the stratosphere. And just when you thought geosynchronous orbit was unattainable by mere mortals, they took us to the Prom.

“3D Voices” might be the most beautiful noise I’ve heard since Sonic Youth’s “Incinerate”. Johnson’s yearning distant pipes are struggling to surface above a growing cavalcade of Kafkaesque distortion. It’s the type of aural madness you hear in a nightmare after a strange wet dream. It is ferocious. It is bold. It is all consuming. Kim Deal in her Breeders days would marvel at the gaping beauty of “Sharing”. It’s a psych rock sing-a-along that teems with uncertainty and inexplicable bursts of energy. Ambruso’s crunchy bass is on full display for the final teenage ballad “Prom” which keys in on crushing lyrics like “Seventeen/Is the/Whole world/In my room/The Smiths/and girls”. But in all seriousness, this is the most daring recording I’ve heard since Wilco’s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. It is space rock supreme on steroids. I implore you to check out their Daytrotter session here .