Chromatics are an American electronic band from Portland, Oregon, whose lineup features vocalist and guitarist Ruth Radelet, guitarist Adam Miller, drummer Nat Walker, and producer/multi-instrumentalist Johnny Jewel.
They originally hailed from Seattle as a quartet featuring vocalist Adam Miller, drummer Hannah Blilie, guitarist Devin Welch, and bassist Michelle Nolan.

The band debuted in 2002 with a Calvin Johnson-produced 7" on Gold Standard Laboratories—a split with Die Monitr Batss—and followed with the similarly GSL-issued Chrome Rats vs Basement Ruts LP.
While Chrome Rats was critically hailed, Chromatics couldn’t keep it together, and Miller was soon the only member in good standing (Blilie, Welch, and Nolan went on to form the similar-sounding Shoplifting).

Unworried, Miller added guitar and drum programming to his vocals and tapped bassist Nat Sahlstrom for the 2003 GSL 7" Ice Hatchets. In February of 2004, the full-length Plaster Hounds, which featured the percussion work of Get Hustle’s Ron Avila, repositioned the Chromatics axis to greater reflect its dub and new wave influences.

However, the group’s second lineup also dissolved, and Adam Miller relocated Chromatics to Portland, teaming up with Glass Candy’s Johnny Jewel, Ruth Radelet on lead vocals, and Nat Walker on percussion and saxophone. The newest lineup of Chromatics has a more lo-fi electronic sound as opposed to the earlier dub and new wave sounds. They released two critically acclaimed albums, 2007’s Night Drive and 2012’s Kill for Love.