Ocean Park Standoff can’t seem to sit still for long. The music trio, helmed by Samantha Ronson alongside bandmates Pete Nappi and Ethan Thompson, bounce their way through Bryant Park as a photographer follows suit, hopping onto a merry-go-round for a spin and climbing atop the public library’s structures, before settling down at a coffee shop to discuss birthday keggers, their mascot Thunder (which one surmises is Ronson’s dog: “first small dog born of woman,” as she puts it), and — yes! — the music they make together. The group has been performing electronic pop since October 2016, and is fueled not by chart success or online feedback, but rather an interest in testing out songs in front of an audience and seeing what sticks. “We just started off as a couple of friends writing songs together, and we never knew what being in a band would be like,” Thompson says. “So I think the more we play together, too, the more we’re discovering that vibe amongst us and amongst the tribe that we’re gathering around the music.” “And it’s making us more confident I think, as well,” Ronson says. The trio has been steadily releasing singles “every six to eight weeks, depending on

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