The original line-up consisted of Simon Austin on guitar and backing vocals, Angie Hart on lead vocals, Tim O'Connor on bass guitar (later replaced by Bill McDonald), and Mark Picton on drums (later replaced by Alastair Barden, then by Peter Luscombe).

Australian rock music historian Ian McFarlane wrote that the group's "quirky, irreverent, acoustic-based sound was at odds with the usual guitar-heavy, grunge trends of the day.

[3] The band spent two years performing in Melbourne's inner-city venues before, in August 1991, issuing their self-funded debut extended play, Whirled, on the Thumb Print label.

[3] Hart changed her mind after it was parodied on TV's The Late Show as "Accidentally Was Released" – in 2005 she reiterated, "I still hate it".

[8] In July that year, Hart appeared nude for a cover story in Juice, with carefully positioned beads and her hand.

[1] AllMusic's Alex Henderson felt that "after several listens, one starts to realize just how strong this abstract pop-folk-rock release is".

[13] This included their acoustic cover version of New Order's 1986 hit, "Bizarre Love Triangle",[13] which reached No.

76 in the UK[14] – following releases of earlier tracks: "Ordinary Angels" which did not chart, and "Accidently Kelly Street" which reached No. 80.

[14] "Bizarre Love Triangle" appeared in Australia on a re-issued version of Lonely EP in May 1994 which peaked at No.

[1] By year's end, due to constant touring, O'Connor left and was replaced on bass guitar by Bill McDonald (ex-Hot Half Hour, Deborah Conway Band, Rebecca's Empire).

has a track on a compilation album, Saturday Morning: Cartoons' Greatest Hits (5 December 1995), a cover version of "Open Up Your Heart (and Let the Sunshine In)".

recorded their second album, Shape, in Spain with Ted Niceley (Fugazi), David M. Allen (The Cure, Sisters of Mercy), Cameron McVey aka Booga Bear (Neneh Cherry) and the band producing.

[1] Allmusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine noted the group "experiment with trancy instrumental overtones and languid trip-hop beats ... Certain melodic lines slip out of the pleasant mist while the album is playing, but nothing is memorable after the record is finished".

"[20] In Canada in August, and then Australia during December, they supported Alanis Morissette on her tour, promoting Jagged Little Pill.

performed on the Melbourne leg of the Big Day Out, in July that year they issued another CD single, "Goodbye Goodguy".

for their final tour before the band broke up late in 1997 – Hart and Tobias married and formed a duo, Splendid.

performed some Australian east coast dates, the line-up of Austin, Hart, and McDonald were joined by Pete Luscombe on drums.

In March 2014, it was announced that Austin and Hart will tour as Frente!, performing nine concerts around Australia during May and June 2014 to mark the 21st anniversary of Marvin the Album.

Hart and Austin were joined by Tamara Murphy on electric bass guitar, Sophie Koh on keyboards and melodica, and Ben Wiesner on drums.

The group also performed at the Castlemaine State Festival, at which O'Connor briefly joined the band on bass for "Accidently Kelly Street".

performed Ordinary Angels in front of the live audience at Rod Laver Arena on 26 November 2023.

"Accidently Kelly Street" was parodied by The Late Show, featuring Jane Kennedy, Tony Martin, Mick Molloy and Santo Cilauro.

[citation needed] The song "Accidently Kelly Street" was featured in the 2002 Taiwanese film Blue Gate Crossing.

[citation needed] Their cover of "Bizarre Love Triangle" was one of Stephen Merchant's "Song for the Ladies" on The Ricky Gervais Show.

“Ordinary Angels” aired on American prime time television show Melrose Place and was featured on the soundtrack album.