Windows/Linux - Cannot load audio clips (MP3) (Windows: not on 1st start)

Add an audio clip to the project, the application hangs for a moment and then exits. Tried several file both .wav and .mp3 files and all files caused this. I tried disabling audio thumbnails and waveform overlay but neither of those seemed to be the cause. Funny enough, audio already muxed in video seems to work fine, it's only when you add audio only clips. Attached 2 files to test.