Provoker has been played on NTS over 10 times, featured on 13 episodes and was first played on 22 September 2021.

Provoker is a melancholic post punk band out of Los Angeles, California. Their music is synth-forward, moody, and contains a “deep sadness, escapism, and idealism” as described by their vocalist Christian Petty. Originally founded by guitarist Jonathan Lopez as an exploration in film composition, a chance meeting with Petty at a horror movie screening has transformed the band into the addicting rhythmic yearning woven into their sound today.