The band had a string of Top 40 singles in the UK chart, including "Jessica", "The White One Is Evil", "Still Figuring Out" alongside their biggest hit "Parallel Worlds".

Elliot Minor started as 'The Academy' with Alex Davies and Ed Minton as an acoustic duo when they met at Uppingham School, both aged thirteen years old.

[2] Davies invited childhood friend Dan Hetherton as a drummer to a band practice to see if he was interested in joining.

In 2006, Elliot Minor won a MySpace competition to support McFly for one show on their Motion in the Ocean tour with an audience of over 11,000 at Newcastle.

[6] Elliot Minor also made an appearance on Jo Whiley's Radio 1's Live Lounge – Volume 3, recording a cover of Take That's "Rule the World".

In June 2009, the band announced that their distribution deal with Warner Bros. had come to an end, and that they had decided to part ways from the label and release Solaris on Repossession Records as an independent album.

[7] Alex Davies drew from experiences and changes in his life over the years Elliot Minor had been formed until the present when writing the album.

The band recorded a cover of Owl City's "Fireflies" for fun, posting it on their YouTube channel along with footage of their video blogs.

On 28 August 2010, keyboardist Ali Paul announced that after completing tour commitments with Elliot Minor in September he would be leaving the band and would go on to recommence university studies.

They formed the band The Dead Famous with close friends Luke Bayliss and Satoshi, playing bass and guitar respectively.

In December 2011 Dan Hetherton stated via his Facebook page that other members of Elliot Minor wanted a break, so he formed the Dead Famous to continue his passion of making music.

[9] Minton studied business management at King's College London, and is now a director in a private equity firm.

Originally taken by fans as a reunion, the band announced on 7 December that they would play a one-off show at Camden Underworld 28 March 2014 supported by Maven, They Say Fall and Forever The Foundations.

The members of Elliot Minor are classically trained musicians and play a wide variety of instruments including violin, piano, clarinet, cello, double bass, saxophone, guitar and drums.

Davies cited influence from his English choral traditions stating "Renaissance harmonies have always been a big go-to for me, I just love all the harmonic clashing.

[12] Their recorded songs are rich in complex string and choral arrangements, all written by Davies, which are difficult to replicate live without a full orchestra.