Jarad Miles formed the band Jarad Miles & the Ancient Waves (formerly Featherbed) in 2019 with local bassist Andy Nail and drummer Ed Draper, and later joined by guitarist Andrew Berg. They began playing shows in early 2020; sharing bills with local bands Little Fevers, Pleasure Horse, and Battlerat. They had studio dates to begin recording a new full-length record on the weekend of March 14 just as the pandemic hit full force.

As the shutdown and quarantines prevented the band from working in-studio together, Jarad began working on a solo record. That album, Standing Upon This Array, would take shape starting in June of 2020 and reach completion near the end of 2021. It will be his first full-length album in nine years following the 2013 release of Ancient Wave. The new album is a collection of ten songs compiled and developed during the pandemic and reflects a panoramic view of a turbulent 12-year relationship. Through an inward-looking prism and lyrical perspective, Miles invites us on a kind of spiritual retreat — a sonic spa of love, loss, yearning, and inner peace.

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Jarad Miles and The Ancient Waves