[7] Hinds started in 2011 as a duo called Deers, consisting of Carlotta Cosials and Ana García Perrote.

In March 2014, still as a duo, they recorded the tracks "Bamboo" and "Trippy Gum" and released both songs in Bandcamp as "Demo".

[9] The single was praised by music magazines including NME[10] and by Paul Lester of The Guardian, who chose Deers as "new band of the week" in September 2014,[11] and by major musicians, such as Patrick Carney,[8] The Pastels,[12] and Bobby Gillespie.

[13] After releasing "Demo" the duo became a four piece, with close friend Ade Martín on bass and Netherlands-born Amber Grimbergen on drums.

[14] In May 2014, Deers won the "Make Noise Malasaña" festival contest[15] and were rewarded with recording their second single "Barn" in Converse Rubber Tracks Studio in Berlin.

On 13 April 2015, they began recording their debut album, with Paco Loco [es] and Diego García (from The Parrots) as producer and engineer respectively.

[27] The band also released a split single in April with The Parrots for Record Store Day, featuring the track “Davey Crockett (Gabba Hey!

In February 2017, the band designed an exclusive clothing line through Urban Outfitters that also included an exclusive limited edition 7-inch of their song "Holograma", with 50% of the proceeds of sales going to Attendance Records, an Austin-based non-profit providing students at public schools a platform to create, write and produce their own albums and magazines.

[45] On 25 July 2023, Hinds through their social media confirmed in a letter from Ade Martin and Amber Grimbergen that they had quit the band in December 2022.

[46] As of May 2023, the group has already been performing shows with touring members named Paula Ruiz on bass and Maria Lázaro on drums.

Former drummer Amber Grimbergen played a Gretsch drum kit with Zildjian cymbals, along with a Roland SPD-SX sampling pad.

Guitarist and singer Carlotta Cosials plays a Gibson SG Standard Ebony with a Fender Hot Rod DeVille 212 IV amplifier.