The band has toured with Ellie Goulding, Haim, Sam Smith, Tove Lo and Taylor Swift.

[8] While attending Garin College, they were members of the indie rock band, The Peasants, who won the Smokefreerockquest music competition in 2011.

[17] The song, "Never Gonna Change", was made available for streaming in anticipation of their début EP, Broods, which was released on 30 January 2014.

[18] The band made their debut U.S. performance at Bardot in Hollywood, California on 24 February 2014, touring as a three piece with James Mataio on drums.

[19][20] They debuted in the UK at London's Notting Hill Arts Club on 5 March 2014, and toured briefly with Haim.

[22][23] They returned to the U.S. to make their television début on Late Night with Seth Meyers in July, and toured opening for Sam Smith.

[29] The band performed their single "Four Walls" on Conan, and played the Groovin the Moo, Firefly, WayHome, Lollapalooza, and Outside Lands music festivals.

[30][31][32][33][34] They collaborated with Australian singer/songwriter Troye Sivan, co-writing and producing the song "Ease" from his 2015 EP Wild and subsequent album Blue Neighbourhood.

They experimented with adding live instrumentation – guitar, organ and electric piano – to their synthesizer-based electronic sound.

[40] Caleb and Georgia moved to Los Angeles in April 2016, and opened again for Ellie Goulding on the North American leg of her Delirium World Tour.

[45] BROODS won five New Zealand Music Awards in November, and supported Two Door Cinema Club on tour.

[49] In October and November, Broods as opening act joined American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift’s Reputation Stadium Tour during the Oceania leg.

[52] This new image was created by Georgia and Caleb after they were dropped by their label, Capitol Records, following Broods' second album, Conscious.