In this ridiculous day and age of suburban kids programming beats on their Macbooks, compounding those with horrendous auto-tuned vocals, and turning it into a career — I’m looking at you, 3OH!3 — it is easy to be skeptical about any new band that uses this method.

Discovery is absolutely guilty of these crimes, but when the new project is the brainchild of two of indie’s heavyweights, it’s fair to give the release an honest shot.

The players behind the project are Rostam Batmanglij of Vampire Weekend and Wes Miles of Ra Ra Riot. Their debut release “LP” is a flowing, refreshing take on all that electronica can be. The beats are credible and original, and the vocals are quality throughout.

“LP” opens with “Orange Shirt,” a rising and falling mix of robot sounds and auto-tune that blends nicely to form a catchy start to the album.

“Osaka Loop Line” picks up exactly where the first track left off with its beeps and boops that slowly build into a smooth sing-along worthy chorus, before collapsing back into the layered sounds of the keyboard and synthesizer.

Its third track, “Can You Discover,” is simply a techno reinterpretation of Ra Ra Riot’s song “Can You Tell.” However, “Can You Discover” fails to overshadow the original version.

The techno influence unnecessarily adds to the song and steals away from the simplicity that made the original so great.

“I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend,” featuring Angel Deradoorian of Dirty Projectors, further pumps the brakes on the momentum of the first two tracks and nearly grinds the album to a halt. While the techno beats and production have been done in good taste up to this point, the track is simply taken to an unsavory extreme and isn’t good for anything more than an instant headache.

Luckily, Miles and Batmanglij are able to recapture the reins of the album before it spirals out of control. “So Insane” and “Swing Tree” are like what got the album off to a good start. Layers of sounds and vocals help the songs come full circle.

Discovery calls in reinforcements in the form of Vampire Weekend’s lead singer Ezra Koenig for the song “Carby.” The song boosts the album to new heights as the beat takes an excellent turn toward a hip-hop sound, and Koenig’s vocals shine brightly through the other sounds flying through the headphones.

The album takes an unexpected turn with a slowed down, extremely electronic cover of the Jackson 5 hit “I Want You Back.” The song is completely over produced, and in some instances, the auto-tuning made it sound as if the lyrics were not being sung by a human. Through all of that, it still manages to sound good. It is inventive and beyond any preconceived notions of what one could expect out of a Jackson 5 cover.

“It’s Not My Fault (It’s My Fault)” is a short and repetitive tune that signals the end of the record is near, as it appears the duo is running out of steam.

“Slang Tang” is a less than memorable ending to the album, but by no means a bad track. Compared to the complex layers of sounds in the preceding nine tunes, this one feels simple and plain, and it doesn’t satisfy the craving for any sort of big finish.

Delving deep into the album inspires an appreciation of the many complex layers of sounds that many of these tracks exhibit. It also helps to recognize the many qualities that Miles and Batmanglij brought to the table for this project.

“LP” is a formidable debut and a breath of fresh air in a genre that is slowly but surely taking over — and desecrating — music. Give the album a fair listen, and give yourself a chance to discover Discovery.

Reach the reporter at jdfourni@asu.edu.