[1] Preceded by the "Hands" single in late 2011,[2] their debut album, A Is for Alpine, was released in Australia in 2012[3] and in the US in 2013.

[11] They toured the United States in March 2013, playing shows in Los Angeles and New York City, and in September made their US television debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live!.

[12] At the APRA Music Awards of 2013, the band members were nominated for Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year.

[13] Rolling Stone magazine called Alpine a "Band to Watch" in July 2013,[14] and they were touted similarly by The Guardian,[15] Time[16] and Vice magazines,[17] as well as influential radio programs KCRW[18] and NPR's All Songs Considered.

In December 2020, lead guitarist Christian O'Brien was charged with sexual assault regarding an incident on 2 August 2019.