[5][7][8][9] The band consisted of classmates Fumito Iwai (guitar, vocals and songwriter), Kazumasa Noguchi (bass), Fumiya Kamo (加茂史也) (drums), and later Yoshitomo Kobayashi was added as a guitarist in 2009.
[10][11] The group performed at rock events in Sapporo from 2007 onwards, and self-produced an extended play, Shinzō (心臓, "Heart"), in August 2008, followed by a self-released single called "Tsubasa" (ツバサ, "Wings") in February 2009.
national teenage rock contest, Senkō Riot, in 2008, and performed at the round three Sapporo semi-finals.
[19] In March 2011, the band relocated to Sapporo, and the bandmates started living together, calling their home Galileo House (ガリレオ・ハウス).
[1][21] Noguchi helped the band in the studio and at lives, and became an official member on December 13, 2011 as a keyboardist and synthesiser user, before the release of their second album Portal.
[24] In Galileo Galilei, Yuuki Ozaki was the main lyricist songwriter, and would give ideas to Iwai and other band members to work on further.
[26] In 2012, Iwai and Noguchi returned to Hokkaido to set up their own band, and asked former Guild member Yoshitomo Kobayashi to join.
[32] In late 2013, Folks were signed to Ki/oon Music, and will make their major label debut in 2014 with the extended play Newtown.
[1][32] Fumito Iwai wanted to create a community of creators, so encouraged all members of the band to learn how to produce songs.
[27] By their second release, Newtown (2014), the band members felt like the album was created by everybody, and was less of a solo project for Fumito Iwai.
[30][35] Folks' sound has been influenced by Oasis, and English indie rock musicians such as James Blake and Bombay Bicycle Club.
[1] Iwai feels influenced by Yuuki Ozaki's lyrical style, and by Galileo Galilei's music after spending two years living with the members.
was impressed with the "overseas resonance" of the band, likening Folks to indie rock musicians like Passion Pit and Mumford and Sons, as well as having the "dubstep approach" of James Blake.