The Baltimore-based quartet Horse Lords have been building in strength and clarity over the past four years. Early mixtape releases found them recording lo-fi sound collages that switched from fiery stompers to placid synth explorations. Their bona fide albums, though, capture the band in crisp quality, with the four men responding with a marked uptick in dynamics and intricacy. The Lords' latest effort Interventions is their most confident effort to date, with polyrhythms connecting like threads in a cable-knit sweater and riding on one melodic idea to entirely hypnotic effect. Shades of Afropop and post-rock are found within their knotted-up playing, but those descriptors feel completely limiting when trying to explain the brilliance of their very original work. ROBERT HAM