It’s tempting to credit media puzzle ’s glow-up on New Racehorse to a simple but effective swap: trading out the drum machine for a real drum kit. After all, what is egg-punk if not Devo worship and a strict adherence to the hurtling tempos of a battery-operated machine? But Tom Peter, the mastermind behind the Lismore, Australia five-piece, is restless enough to have churned out three full-length records in just over a year, generally adopting the stance that demos and final takes are one in the same. Following last year’s Intermission EP , he paused his habits—minute-long songs, distorted vocals, barrelling rhythms—before they could constitute a formula, and instead pursued new methods wherever possible for media puzzle’s fourth album. The resulting 23 minutes are a burst of nonstop creativity and a joyful lack of self-imposed obligations—the type of fun that harkens back to the unpretentious, unfiltered, anxiety-free days of playing with art supplies as a kid. No score yet, be the first to add.…