With just four short tracks on their debut release, Dreambush (MD) is shredding, skulking, and slaying their way onto the DIY scene. Perfectly titled Butch Magic, the trio’s mesmerizing indiepop EP is equal parts harsh and delicate, sarcastic and sweet.

“I think I’m more of a Libra / when my head’s down in your lap,” groans Morgan Spaner (Princess Reason, Sugarpuss) on opening track “Más Que a Tu Mano.” While the guitar-work on this track is a sinister, almost anxiety-inducing repetition of a couple notes, Spaner’s voice comes in with all the snark and squeak of Guerilla Toss‘s Kassie Carlson, and the smart lyrical insurgence of Steph Knipe (Adult Mom) before harmonies from vocalist/bassist/guitarist Emily W. push the track into dreamier soundscapes.

Dreamier still are Emily’s backups on “Sad & Rad” and “Freezing Spell,” where Spaner takes the lead with yelping, vulnerable vocals that almost delve into a slacker rock sound, precisely sung along scaling guitar and bass. Meanwhile, Shanti Flagg’s steady, deliberate drum-work brings these songs home. Especially on the slow, sultry tune “French Song,” Flagg’s restrained percussion is essential, pushing idly on below Wagner’s faux-français ballad.

Though not yet totally cohesive, the interchanging vocalists’ sounds work together on these four tracks, and certainly set a precedent for the Baltimore band’s future releases– not to mention how totally sick it is to see queer women and PoC indulging themselves to some success in the DIY scene. Boston, take note.

The trio has already appeared on the same bills as Mass bands Paper Bee and Loone, among others more familiar to their respective region (i.e. The Hartford Pussies and EunB1), so it’s only a matter of time before this band expands their sound, and perhaps even tours the East Coast. But, we can only hope.

Listen to Dreambush’s Butch Magic, out 07/26, below.