It may have taken a musical circling of the wagons, but six years after their acclaimed debut, Loopified, Dirty Loops at last released Phoenix on November 18. In keeping with their web-based delivery system, the terrifically talented trio from Stockholm, Sweden—vocalist/keyboardist Jonah Nilsson, drummer Aron Mellergård, and bassist Hendrik Linder—has over the past year been issuing videos for the record’s songs on YouTube. But in its completed form the five-track EP on Quincy Jones’ Qwest label makes for a crafty package, featuring the genre-bending ensemble’s best songwriting to date. Much of the success can be attributed to each member’s growth since Loopified, which ranged from Loops opening for Maroon 5 on a 2015 world tour, and performing for and coming under the umbrella of the man known as “Q,” to individual pursuits. That was apparent at Bass Magazine’s Bass Bash during the NAMM show last January, where Linder performed a sturdy set of standards and origina