Three of the bands founding members, John Busby, Elwin Hawtin and Chris Dale all originally hail from the Central Queensland town of Rockhampton.

[1] The band toured nationally, and their single "Patience Back" received high rotation airplay on Triple J. Farewell to the Fainthearted was included in The Courier-Mail's Top 10 albums of 2003.

[8] It was recorded in Nashville, Tennessee, by lauded producer Mark Nevers (Calexico, Bonnie Prince Billy, George Jones), the album was met with a series of five star reviews.

It is a story of big dreams, conflict and addiction with songs that include real people and characters from the Central Queensland town of Rockhampton in the 1960s-1980s.

[10] In 2021 the band released their seventh album, Restless Dream, a collaboration with Kamilaroi elder Bob Weatherall[11] and didgeridoo player William Barton.

[citation needed] The record's central themes are based around the work of Weatherall in the repatriation of Aboriginal remains from museums and institutions around the world.

[citation needed] The band's eighth studio album, On the Ghostline, with Hands of Lightning was released in August 2022[citation needed] which was recorded by Yanto Browning and produced and mixed by Malcolm Burn (Bob Dylan, Iggy Pop, Emmylou Harris, Patti Smith & The Neville Brothers) at La Maison Bleu Studio, Kingston, NY.

Tony Moore wrote in The Sydney Morning Herald: "Ghost nets floating lost at sea are the core image as the band trap the power of memories and sing of Australian dreams and triumphs".