Slipper imp and shakaerator

After growing up in Queensland’s bucolic Rainbow Bay before relocating to the more populous Byron Bay, the members of Australia’s Babe Rainbow still embrace a beach-friendly hippie lifestyle that’s well-represented in their music. The trio’s sixth album was recorded in a warehouse on a former banana farm and adds some groovy swathes of synth and drum machine to their gentle psych pop. Angus Dowling sings about flying off in a spaceship against funky guitar licks on “Like cleopatra,” while “Aquarium cowgirl” continues that song’s whimsical ’80s vibes. So much of *Slipper imp and shakaerator* is equally danceable and psychedelic, with added flute and percussion from Miles Myjavec and backing vocals from Camille Jansen. And after years of loyal co-signs from King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, that band’s Stu Mackenzie mixed the album and guests on “Mt dub.” There’s no sense of tightening up this music for commercial appeal; instead, it plays like a series of loose, tranquil jams between childhood friends. But with songs this sunny and catchy, the appeal is close to universal.