The band consists of vocalist Dorothy Martin, drummer Jake Hayden, guitarist Sam Bam Koltun, and bassist Eliot Lorango.

"When we heard Dorothy's voice, we were like, 'Holy shit — if we put this behind some serious old-school metal riffs, we'll have something big,'" said guitarist Mark Jackson in a November 2014 interview with Rolling Stone.

What started as a piano ballad Dorothy had played for Jackson and Scott during one of their first meetings transformed into the band's hard-hitting debut "After Midnight".

On June 10, 2014, the video for "After Midnight" premiered on Vice music network Noisey, dubbed as "the perfect modern rock concoction".

The song spread quickly, climbing Hype Machine's music blog charts and gaining traction locally in Los Angeles as well as overseas.

London-based fashion publication Hunger TV commented "it feels good to know raw power, sex and whiskey is back en vogue".

[5] In August 2014, the band was invited by Skullcandy to perform at select cities in Europe, including Paris, Berlin, and San Sebastián.

[6] After breaking their song on LA radio, KCRW DJ and music director Chris Douridas invited Dorothy to perform during his weekly School Night series at Bardot in Hollywood on October 6, 2014.

"A packed house moved increasingly closer to the stage while Dorothy, whiskey in one hand and microphone in the other, mesmerized the crowd with her powerhouse vocals", noted LA Weekly's Pamela Chelin.

[8] On October 27, 2014, Billboard premiered Dorothy's third single "Wicked Ones", comparing their bluesy, rock sound to Black Sabbath and The White Stripes.

"You get a load of their easygoing cool and you're reminded that there have always been kids like them keeping rock edgy, albeit under the radar, far from mainstream attention", noted Chris Payne of Billboard.

It was the number-one trending indie rock song on SoundCloud, peaked at number four on the HypeMachine chart, and was selected by Skullcandy to lead a national ad campaign with James Harden.

On October 28, 2014, Dorothy released their debut self-titled EP, which was recorded in a spare bedroom at Scott's residence in Los Angeles.

That month, they recorded a cover of Jay Z and Kanye West's "No Church in the Wild", and have since added it to their live performances, which have received rave reviews.

They followed SXSW with an April residency every Monday night at The Satellite, bringing out supporters including Miguel, Tom Morello and Australian actress and model Ruby Rose.

When the tour was announced, Halestorm's lead singer Lzzy Hale was quoted as saying, "I [...] welcome newcomers Dorothy who make me so proud of the future of rock.

In an interview with WRIF, she revealed the name of the album came to her following an incident where she claimed to have witnessed her guitar tech die from a heroin overdose and then return to life.