After a few months of playing stoner rock, Paal Piller joined the band with singer Erko Elblaus following shortly after.
In 2011, Facelift Deer took part in a nationwide band contest “Noortebänd” but didn't have major success due to inexperience of playing live.
This motivated band to work even harder and soon the first single “Brothers” was released, which was named “Best new demo” by nationwide radio station R2.
“Dance” was first performed in the final of Pop Idol where Rändvee won the title and an album deal with Universal Music.
In the summer of 2013 the recording process started with the producer Sethh, which resulted in a self-titled album in cooperation with Universal Music.