[4][5] The band performed their first gig in April, closely followed by demos which received reviews from prominent music magazines such as Drowned in Sound and NME, who called it "Convulsing punk-funk brilliance from Leeds".

Single "Thirteen"/"Fourteen" was released in August 2005 on White Heat Records, accompanied by a UK tour.

Also during 2005, the band was featured in NME as one of Leeds' forerunners in the so-called 'New Yorkshire' scene (alongside The Research, The Sunshine Underground, The Ivories and Black Wire).

The band's next release, "Twelve" appeared in January 2006, on Dance to the Radio, entering the UK Top 40 at 36.

have visited America four times, all in 2006, to play South by Southwest, the CMJ Music Marathon and tours with Scanners and Snowden.

The video for "Eighteen" features cameo appearances from members of The Pigeon Detectives, This Et Al and The Playmates.

At Belgium's Pukkelpop Festival, the band debuted their first post-GMAW material – "Don't Be A Doctor" – also the first song with a non-numerical title.

[13] "Doctor" was recorded by GMAW producer Paul Tipler in September 2006 and released as a white-label one-sided etched ten-inch single on 12 February 2007.

The band headlined a short UK and Irish tour in February and March 2007 to wrap up domestic promotion for the debut album.

The album, which according to Spin writer Josh Modell explored "more expansive, proggier territory" than its predecessor, met with a positive critical reception with Drowned in Sound describing it as "peppered by moments of brilliance" and The Independent stating that the album "skilfully combines punk rock ferocity with melodic ingenuity".

[20] On 30 March 2013, the band re-emerged on Twitter, starting rumours of a reunion or re-formation, which were confirmed on 9 September in the form of a one-off gig at Brudenell Social Club to take place on 30 November 2013, followed by a second gig at Leeds Town Hall as part of Live at Leeds Festival on 3 May 2014.

[8][21][22] When Give Me a Wall was released, the band received comparisons with Bloc Party, while the NME described them as sounding "like a peculiarly English take on emo".

[24] Jon Pareles, reviewing a live performance from 2006 in The New York Times stated "[their] songs aren't content with verse and chorus; they're packed with incident, and they're propelled by the indefatigable drumming of Katie Nicholls.