They were formed by Jonathan Ogden, lead vocalist, when he started recording under the name in 2010 in City of Salford, Greater Manchester, North West England.

[1] The group members who joined him were guitarist, David Hailes, bassist, Nathan Stirling, and drummer, Kelani Koyejo.

The band started musical recording in 2010, with their first album, The Great Light, that was released on 12 August 2011.

[6][7][8][9] Their fourth studio album, The Eternal Son, was released on 20 May 2016, by Set Sail Records.

But after 10 years of Rivers & Robots as a project, we feel like it’s time to take a break from recording and touring for the foreseeable future.