Rottinghouse is a collaboration between multi-instrumentalist and songwriter, Jaye Thomas and visual artist, Courtney Spivak. Thomas approaches the music of Rottinghouse though the lenses of the cold wave and post punk genres uttering dark lyrical meditations over sparse, monolithic musical compositions. Spivak uses lighting, costumes, make up, props, and found footage video projection to create a transportive visual environment that’s cold and ethereal. Patient Passenger is the first full-length release from Rottinghouse. The vast, open soundscapes and thorny lyrics deal with themes of loneliness and isolation juxtaposed with crowded urban landscapes, mass transit, and the age of connectivity.