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At shows, there is usually good reason to hold residency at the bar for most of the evening. It is a way to shelter the rain of predictable openers with varied cookie cutter attempts to pull listeners in. But then, there are those rare bands that break conversations and bring bodies to the floor; quieting kids like Christmas. Russian Circles is one of these bands.
They straddle genre lines, without riding the fence and manage to be incredibly cohesive. Musically, they can slide effortlessly from a darkly foreboding ambient swell to a driving and texturally heavy sonic assault. This can then often mutate seamlessly into irresistibly catchy melodic sections.
"The band's breathless, riveting instrumentals employ technically daunting musicianship that somehow avoids wankery. It’s neither hardcore nor metal, but its power is undeniable." -The Onion, Chicago
After just six months, they are already on a second pressing of self released EPs and have already played on a few sold out bills in Chicago, including one where they headlined. They’ve also done a quick jaunt to the east coast and plan to tour constantly once they have a substantial release out. They are a fledgling band, but have learned a lot from their former projects (Dakota/Dakota, Riddle of Steel) and are growing at an alarming rate.

Discography

RUSSIAN CIRCLES Enter LP (HWC015) Even though they don't play the most accessible music -- an instrumental amalgam of punk, metal, indie-rock and even prog -- Russian Circles have it. "Enter," their debut album, definitely doesn't sound like a new band clumsily over-thinking their songs, but instead it sounds like one cohesive composition in six movements. Each movement holds its breath through the intense moments, but exhales through sweeping, airy horizons that slowly collapse into dense panoplies, showcasing the band's shifting dynamics, and not just the binary code of loud /quiet.