Few punk bands become industry darlings—abrasive sounds appeal to a limited, discerning demo—but The Armed has managed to captivate the attention of even the ficklest listeners. And while critical consensus is for chumps, there’s good reason to listen to ULTRAPOP. The elusive (it remains unclear who is in this band, or how even how many people perform in it) Detroit hardcore collective’s third album is dizzying genius, an at-times incomprehensible combination of strenuous feedback, chiptune-like MIDI, math-y shredding, and delicate melodies, just don’t mistake the latter for restraint. The album opens with acerbic power violence, an industrial noise assault for five disorienting seconds, quickly interrupted with seraphic vocal harmonies and twinkly synths. And that’s just track one. Come for the hype, stay for the Dragon Ball Z and Stéphane Breitwieser-influenced “Masunaga Vapors” and the Metal Gear Solid samples of “An Iteration.”