RLYR was formed by Trevor Shelley de Brauw of
Pelican, Steven Hess of
Locrian, and Colin DeKuiper, of the bands
Russian Circles and
Bloodiest. They began playing together when Hess and de Brauw were asked to play as an improvisational duo in
Milwaukee; finding they had musical common ground, they recruited DeKuiper to form an instrumental trio. The group took its name from the 1975
Yes album,
Relayer. Their debut full-length album,
Delayer, was released June 17, 2016 via
Magic Bullet Records. ==Members==