The project of Kelley Deal and Mike Montgomery, R. Ring combines fuzzed-out rock, melancholy Americana, and experimental arrangements into catchily mercurial songs. Alongside Deal's work with the Breeders and Protomartyr and Montgomery's obligations as the owner of Candyland Recording Studio and guitarist for the post-rock band Ampline, the duo forged their raw yet nuanced style on 2017's Ignite the Rest, then added more polish and moodier atmospheres to 2023's War Poems, We Rested.