[5] Early into the experiment, the duo approached Sasha Righini (drummer of The Plastics) to join them and, later, he became a full member of the group.

After recording their first session at Kill City Blues Studios, Rian and Louis set out to find a female vocalist.

Inge Beckmann (vocalist of Lark) was in touch with Rian and Louis during the experimentation phase, but only wanted to invite her when "the sound was right".

[9] She originally wanted to change the band name to "Bow Beast", as she enjoyed the " interesting visual effect in [her] mind".

[1] BEAST recorded its debut album, Smoke Swig Swear, over four days in September 2012 at Sound and Motion Studios in Cape Town.

In an interview, he spoke about his fantism for both Taxi Violence and Lark, explaining it "was like a dream come true" to play "the music [he] wanted too".

On 13 August 2014, the band announced on their Facebook fan page, the start of their crowdfunding on Indiegogo to raise money for their second album.

On their Indiegogo page, the band wrote about the importance of artistic and creative freedom, but noted that "the kind of quality album [they] want is going to be difficult" without a major label monetary support.

[17] The band recorded their album in October 2014 at Heritage Sound in Cape Town, with producer Brendyn Rossouw.