Ypsilanti, Michigan-based musician Mike Connelly is best known for participating in a variety of noise and experimental projects such as Wolf Eyes, Hair Police, and Failing Lights, but he and his wife Tara Connelly have ventured into ethereal darkwave goth rock with their group Clay Rendering. Their sound combines slow, brooding synth pop with ominous pianos, sheets of black metal guitar, echo-shrouded vocals, and (most intriguingly) Tara's eerie accordion playing. Clay Rendering signed to Dominick Fernow's Hospital Productions in 2013, debuting that year with the two-song "Vengeance Candle" 12". The following year, they released a four-song 12" EP, Waters Above the Firmament, as well as the 7" single "Fire Is Fall's Rose." They made their full-length debut in 2015 with Snowthorn.