The band is led by French musician François Marry, who has also been a touring member of Camera Obscura.

[2][3] The band's first album was the mostly live The People to Forget, released in 2006 on Bristol's micro label Stitch-Stitch.

The band's second album, Plaine Inondable, was released in 2009 on Fence Records in the UK and on Talitres in France to critical acclaim, receiving a four star review from The Scotsman.

[4] The band's third album, E Volo Love, was released in 2012 on Domino recordings, and was also positively received, with The Skinny writer Chris Buckle giving it four stars out of five and describing it as "unabashedly romantic...a study in understatement delivered with finesse", and Simon Price in The Independent describing it as "gentle indie-pop jangle with echoes of Afropop".

Frànçois & the Atlas Mountains: "Il faut sortir de sa bulle"", L'Express, 22 March 2017[8][9][10] Marry's vocals have been described as "appealingly weedy", with a comparison made to Peter Perrett.