[2] Deap Vally formed in 2011 and is made up of Lindsey Troy and of Julie Edwards originally from San Fernando Valley, California.
[3] In July 2012, they released their first single, "Gonna Make My Own Money", on Ark Recordings,[4] while they made their London debut in the same month.
In August 2012, the band signed to Island Records,[5] while they played the Latitude and Leeds and Reading Festival during the summer.
Their debut album was recorded at Infrasound Studio, San Pedro, Los Angeles with Lars Stalfors (The Mars Volta).
[9] Deap Vally's debut album named Sistrionix was released under Island Records / Communion on June 24, 2013.
[17] Deap Vally have been described as "a scuzzy White Stripes-meets Led Zeppelin rock and roll duo"[3] who play "hard-riffing blues-rock".