Soar is a post-rock band formed in New York City in 2006.
Soar's music defies easy categorization. From the band's 2006 genesis in New York's Lower East Side, Lorien and Graham flirted with loose, avant-garde musical styles, embracing cerebral art rock and experimentalism to the delight of a small but devoted regional fan base. But the twosome has remained keenly mindful of the boundaries of popular entertainment, a discipline which keeps their...
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