Punk Rockers, Lithics

Lithics is a four-person minimalist punk band from Portland, Oregon formed in late 2014. Over the last year and a half, they have refined a sound focusing on interlocked bass and drum rhythms paired with shrill guitar counterpoint and stark female vocals. While counting Wire, The Fall, Devo, Pylon, The Shadow Ring, and Captain Beefheart’s Magic Band as reference points, the band’s concerns are contemporary and urgent. An injection of uptight, nervous energy into the reverb-drenched complacency of today’s musical underground.