Oval: patch+

Patch + is a project led by Alex DeWahl and Franklin Wallace, with additional contributions from Ezra Kahn and Christian Vartanian. After meeting in art school, DeWahl and Wallace founded Scissor Studio in 2017, a multidisciplinary design practice spanning art, design, and technology. Patch + is considered part of that broader practice, carrying the same collaborative and exploratory ethos into music.

Patch+ returns in 2026 with Series A, a bold progression of the outré post-punk and minimal synth sensibilities first explored on 2023's WhitePaper. Building on that album's fusion of cooing downtempo melodies and bit-crushed electro-pop, Series A pushes deeper into the unknown. Vivisected guitars, driving bass lines, and the duo's signature ghastly vocals converge in a dense, exhilarating soundscape that challenges and expands the boundaries of American pop music.