Patio

Patio is an NYC based trio that plays a scrappy and fairly stripped-down form of post-punk with an angular style, a jumpy guitar, and punchy drums that are anchored around a strong bass that drives the songs. The guitar and the bass have a relatively bare sound with guitarist Lindsey-Paige McCloy pushing her sharp and short, though slightly muted, bursts in the true post-punk fashion. She tag-teams with bassist Loren DiBlasi on the vocals as they go back and forth between sweet melodic mode and somewhat deadpan, speak-singy delivery. There are also glimpses of Cate Le Bon influences along the way, both in the vocal mannerisms and the way their melodies are structured from a wonderfully skewed angle that creates a similar off kilter feel.