Three members of the defunct Brisbane band Ochre formed Dead Letter Circus in late 2004, releasing one self-titled EP, and the singles "Disconnect and Apply", "Next in Line" and "The Space on the Wall".
[5] On 30 October 2008, Dead Letter Circus began their Next in Line tour to coincide with the release of the single, playing primarily with Australian bands Melodyssey (still featuring Williams) and Rook.
On 4 September 2009, Dead Letter Circus released the single "The Space on the Wall", supported by a national tour with guest bands Sydonia and Many Machines on Nine.
he band announced a This Is the Warning album launch tour, playing shows in most major capital cities in Australia through April - June 2010.
In May 2011, it was announced that the band had signed a deal with Sumerian Records to release This Is The Warning in North America.
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According to Benzie, the album may take a more electronic approach than This Is the Warning;, stating "I think we're kind of in a cyborg half-human, half-robot stage at the moment.
The band performed at a concert in India during November, at Waves '12, a cultural festival of the BITS Pilani, K.K.
[16] In early January 2013, guitarist and founding member Rob Maric announced he would leave the band.
[3] On 28 June, Dead Letter Circus announced their second studio album titled The Catalyst Fire was due for release on 9 August 2013.
On 5 July, Dead Letter Circus released the new video for their single "Lodestar", directed by Lori Balotti.
On 10 July, Dead Letter Circus announced on their Facebook page that their third album, Aesthesis, will be released in Australia and New Zealand on 14 August 2015.
"[1] The creative process has been described as spontaneous and improvisational, with the band often finishing the structure of content of songs in the recording studio.
If we have a basic structure, what we do generally is Rob and I create the seeds [of the songs], and we'll take them with the band into the studio and just jam around it – record everything and then have a listen and then put the bits together.
"[15] Allmusic has described the band's sound as "delay-based guitar textures...interlaced with subtle synth undercurrents, creating complex patterns out of a set of simple rhythms without cutting down on melody...executed with a surgical precision that recalls the incarnation of Krautrock promoted by Maserati -- while the sheer intensity brings to mind God Is an Astronaut more than My Chemical Romance.
"[24] The Sydney Morning Herald describes the band as "frenetic rock" but within it "lies a clarity and self-assuredness punctuated by Maric's undulating guitar work and Benzie's vocals.