Arc in Round (formerly known as Relay) is a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based band founded by multi-instrumentalist and audio engineer

Jeff Zeigler Jeff Zeigler is a musician, record producer, and sound engineer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His Philadelphia recording studio, Uniform Recording, has recorded albums by Kurt Vile, A Sunny Day in Glasgow, The War on Drugs, and many other artist ...

. Their music has been described as neo-psychedelia,

post-rock Post-rock is a form of experimental rock characterized by a focus on exploring textures and timbre over traditional rock song structures, chords, or riffs. Post-rock artists are often instrumental, typically combining rock instrumentation with ...

, "a swirl of

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and

shoegaze Shoegaze (originally called shoegazing and sometimes conflated with "dream pop") is a subgenre of indie and alternative rock characterized by its ethereal mixture of obscured vocals, guitar distortion and effects, feedback, and overwhelming volu ...

", and ambient pop. As Relay, they released the EP ''Type/Void'' in August 2006 on Bubble Core Records, on which they released their debut album, ''Still Point of Turning'', in October of the same year. In 2012, they released their eponymous first album as Arc in Round on the label

La Société Expéditionnaire La Société Expéditionnaire is a Pennsylvania-based independent record label established in 2006 by Lewis & Clarke's Lou Rogai. On previous Lewis & Clarke albums, the liner notes contained a contact address for "The Expeditionary Society", a n ...

Discography

As Relay

*''Type/Void'' (Bubble Core EP, 2006) *''Still Point of Turning (Bubble Core, 2006)

As Arc in Round

*''Arc in Round'' (La Société Expéditionnaire, 2012)

References

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