There’s enough overly serious music out there, and Vincent Reese (aka Alex Petralia of Nopes), is having some fun, pairing punk and rap together in a way that honors the glory days of the Beastie Boys with his own modern no-wave spin.

With his debut album Embarrassingly Hard due out April 20th via Tallahassee’s RIP Records, we meet Vincent Reese aka “Vicious Vinnie,” a project that’s as much sketch show as it is punk band. Drawing influences from Beastie Boys, Le Tigre, and Viagra Boys, there’s a sordid comedic sense to his stoned brand of anything goes charm.