They debuted in 2007 with Rudio, an album that ranged from solitary piano vignettes to bracing percussion barrages, issued on the Lazybird label. A few years passed prior to an assortment of more distinctive 2011-2014 EPs for labels such as Killekill, Blueprint, Stroboscopic Artefacts, and, most notably, Belgium's revered R&S. On the 2014 EPs Containing a Thousand and Mountain Divide, Smith and McDonnell evoked unease while deploying some of their richest obscured melodies. Tundra, the duo's second proper album, was released on R&S in 2015 with cited inspirations ranging from pre-Dare Human League to Arvo Pärt. Re:VIVE, an initiative of the Netherlands' Institute for Sound and Vision, then sought Smith and McDonnell to produce a conceptual work (based on the theme of water) using their audio-video archive as a sample source. The duo obliged with Struggle & Emerge, issued in 2016 on R&S. ~ Andy Kellman