[2] After adding Marty Sprowles to the lineup, the quartet began playing live shows in March 2010.
[6] The band's debut album, Enemy/Lover, was released through Temporary Residence in October 2011, and received mixed critical reception.
Allmusic likened elements of the group's sound to My Bloody Valentine, Vangelis, Working for a Nuclear Free City, The War on Drugs, and Simple Minds, and noted "singer Luke Jones's rough-edged voice is all about passion in a particular sense of the word.
Club compared the group to TV on the Radio and U2, describing the band's sound as "sturdy...but generic".
[8] In a mostly positive review, Pitchfork Media said the band "aren't seeking some midpoint between intimacy and grandiosity, they're aiming for both at once".