Effective period / Period of releases: 2015

Members: Kalo Hoyle, Nicholas Turner, Morgan Greenwood (2)

Hailing from Kansas City, Missouri, Riala is a three-piece group determined to create spaces and places within their layers of sound. Their music draws from (and subverts) elements of shoegaze, math-rock, jazz, and noise while utilizing them in a through-composed, integrated manner. Nicholas Turner sings and plays guitar, Kalo Hoyle plays bass, and Morgan Greenwood (2) plays drums. From their initial meeting as students at the UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance, the group quickly coalesced around mutual enthusiasm for each other’s playing.