The trio first gained attention with their debut single "That Good Thing" in 2017, securing the band a record deal with 3 Beat UK and Universal Music Group.
Longtime childhood friends Ronan Bell, Jonathan Byrne, and Ted Conway make up Chasing Abbey, all multi-instrumentalists and producers working out of their studio, Penthouse Productions, in Tullamore.
[1][2] In 2015, music teacher Stacy Hogan at Coláiste Choilm in Tullamore suggested that Leaving Certificate students Jonathan Byrne and Ted Conway should enter a radio talent competition.
[10] Chasing Abbey played to crowds supporting The Chainsmokers and Rita Ora at Dublin's RDS Arena and performed at the Longitude Festival that year.
It was positively reviewed on Billboard, citing Chasing Abbey as a "juggernaut trio from Ireland" and "consummate underdogs" and describing their music as "pop shimmer".