Relay

Relay is a shoegaze group from Philadelphia, United States. It is a four-piece band, with Gerard Angelini listed as a member. The name is also used by another act as an alias for the UK techno producer Shifted, but the Philadelphia group is identified with shoegaze, dream pop, techno and psychedelic influences in festival listings.

Sound and style

The band develops a dark-pop sound built from studio tracking, detailed editing and sonic experimentation. Its music combines humming bass, shuffly drums, glitchy keyboards and dissonant guitars treated with pedals. The result is described through contrasts such as taut and spacey, noisy and melodic, while still keeping a danceable pulse.

Influences and release history

Relay draws on the layered dissonance and experimental approach associated with Disco Inferno and This Heat, alongside more direct references such as My Bloody Valentine, Unwound and the Swirlies. Its Type/Void EP appears on Bubble Core Records.

Later name change

After problems with rights to the name Relay, the band changes its name to Arc in Round.