Kevin Bronson on June 29th, 2017

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Thee Commons, the L.A. trio whose unhinged performances and polyglot “psychedelic cumbia punk” have put them on the map, stretch their own boundaries on the new single “Milk and Honey.” Drawing inspiration from Afroman’s “Because I Got High,” the trippy jam sees brothers David and Rene Pacheco swapping rap verses. And Little Red Riding Hood is involved. “We were goofing around with the idea of Little Red Riding Hood being in L.A.,” David Pacheco tells REMEZCLA.com. “Rene had an initial rap about a wolf, and we were like, ‘We should make it getting elotes and raspados,’ so the first takes of it had more [of her] literally cruising down East L.A.” The song is from the trio’s forthcoming album “Paleta Sonora” (arriving July 28), the follow-up to last year’s “Loteria Tribal.” Based on their catalog thus far, “Milk and Honey” (officially out on Friday) is an outlier, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t taste sweet.

||| Stream: “Milk and Honey”

||| Live: Thee Commons play the Constellation Room on Friday. Tickets. They also play a free show at Levitt Pavilion Los Angeles on July 27.

||| Previously: Live at Coachella, “Selena’s Butt,” “Kiss Adios”