Bad Flip

Bad Flip is a rock trio from Portland, Oregon, with Ezra Buchla on vocals and guitar, Nico Weiland on bass and vocals, and Spencer Tweedy on drums. They put out their first album, "Animal," in 2018. Songs like "Adam's Apple" and "Airhead" show their lean toward punk energy and jagged rhythms, with lyrics that often touch on feeling out of place or uneasy.

Their sound pulls from a few different places, some psychedelic rock, some indie, some electronic textures, but it usually comes back to that raw, guitar-driven core. They followed "Animal" with another album called "Wounded" in 2021. Tracks such as "Apologies" and "Cronophobia" keep that same tense, melodic approach, circling themes of alienation without settling into one predictable groove.

They've faced some criticism for being too experimental or hard to pin down, but the band has mostly stuck to their own lane rather than smoothing out the edges. For a group that's only been putting out records for a few years, they've built a sound that feels distinct, even if it isn't trying to please everyone.