The Wells brothers and Sprangers are originally from Red Wing, Minnesota, where they first started playing together in the now-defunct indie rock band Hockey Night.
[1] Shuminsky, of St. Paul's Superhopper and Malachi Constant, joined Sprangers and the Wells brothers to form the band in the Fall of 2008.
[3] The band rose to prominence in March 2010 with the critically acclaimed release of their debut album Stuck on Nothing, produced by James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem.
Free Energy toured heavily with Mates of State, Titus Andronicus, Hollerado, Foreign Born and The Postelles.
[citation needed] On January 15, 2013, Free Energy self-released its second full-length studio album, Love Sign.