Tom Gallo is the host of Look At My Records! on Radio Free Brooklyn.

Up until this point, Patti may have flown under your radar, but they’re aiming to change that with the release of their untamed debut full-length album. The Brooklyn via Oakland act first piqued my interest with their hair-raising 2018 EP, Bad Back, a release with a nine-minute runtime that managed to pack an entire album’s worth of energy into a mere four tracks.  Good Big, the group’s debut full length, dropped earlier this month and continues to be a physical embodiment of their uproarious energy and unrestrained creativity. 

The band is highly unconventional in both their sound and approach to songwriting, laying it all to bear in an art-punk styled ethos that throws musical confines out the window. Their sprawling experimentation flows steadily throughout Good Big, starting with the commanding lead track “Rubber,” which sets the tone with a funk-infused bassline and thick, angular riffs.