[3] The band has toured with notable artists including Margaret Glaspy, Hippo Campus, Third Eye Blind, The Front Bottoms, and Michelle Branch.

[4] She and Chris Hoge met while they were students at Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota after finding each other's music on Myspace.

Alexander had been performing "scrappy folk originals" and acoustic covers of "All The Small Things" by Blink-182 at solo-acoustic shows on campus.

[6][7] Psychic Reader received positive reviews and resulted in more high-profile gigs, opening for bands such as Third Eye Blind and Margaret Glaspy.

[5] Critics in Pitchfork said that Psychic Reader had the same "unconventional structure and sticky melody" as found in Super America, but that the band's music had become richer, more varied, and more multidimensional.

[10] Critics in Rolling Stone said that Lightning Round reflects the same blend of indie-pop, folk, and rock, but is even more refined and polished than Psychic Reader and has a "mid-tempo groove," and a richly-produced synth-pop sound reminiscent of Fleetwood Mac’s Tusk.