Tears Run Rings is an American shoegaze band formed in 2006, consisting of singer/bassist Laura Watling, singer/guitarist Matthew Bice, guitarist Ed Mazzucco, guitarist Tim Morris, and drummer Dwayne Palasek. The band's origins trace back to the mid-1990s when several members collaborated in various incarnations. Their first release as Tears Run Rings was the EP A Question and an Answer in 2007. In 2008, they released their debut full-length album Always, Sometimes, Seldom, Never, produced by Matthew Bice of Shelflife Records and released on Clairecords. The album received positive reviews, drawing comparisons to classic shoegaze bands. Their second album, Distance, was released in 2010, followed by In Surges (2016), which was ranked number 8 on the Somewherecold Awards 2016 list by American webzine Somewherecold. The band also contributed an exclusive song to the compilation Resistance: In Support of the Southern Poverty Law Center in 2018.
