Wife Patrol

Wife Patrol is a band made up of three friends who decided to play music together as an inside joke in the fall of 2015. It was such a good time, they are still doing it ten years later, so the joke’s on them. Through shared influences including alternative rock, punk, metal, and pop, Wife Patrol creates a sound untethered by genre.

The Indianapolis-based trio consists of Nicole O’Neal (bass/vocals), Natasha O’Neill (drums/vocals), and Greg O’Neill (guitar/vocals). With no singular lead singer, the band’s signature sound includes co-lead vocals and harmonies not often found in rock music. The instrumentation stretches in ways that both complement and dance around each part, resulting in a full sonic experience that rivals bands twice its size.

The band’s debut album <a href="spotify:album:7iN5jlwR40Tk2e2NbSsxSR" data-name="Too Prickly for This World">Too Prickly for This World</a> (2020) earned praise from VICE, AFROPUNK, and The Alternative, among others; received radio airplay from Montreal to Melbourne; garnered sales across the U.S., Europe, New Zealand, Australia, Japan, and Canada; and landed a “New and Notable” mention on Bandcamp, and a slot on its shortlist of 16 all-time best-selling alt rock albums.

2025’s follow-up NOPLACE brings the band back together after personal and global upheaval. Wife Patrol produced and recorded the 10-track album with P. David Hazel (The Lemonheads, <a href="spotify:artist:17rZZR8nrNVL3SkUdZ0rke" data-name="Extra Blue Kind">Extra Blue Kind</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:1VAA3PLvNoy2oyXmsLXVJH" data-name="Bullet Points">Bullet Points</a>) from 2022 to 2024. With songs exploring the melancholy of the unknown, NOPLACE demonstrates the band’s growth as songwriters and collaborators.