[1] This culminated in the 2016 formation of High Vis,[3][4] with a lineup rounded out by Sayle, Moss and guitarists Romain Bruneau and Rob Hammeren.

[6] Their debut album No Sense No Feeling was released on 7 December 2019, however only a few months later the COVID-19 lockdowns began, leaving the band unable to perform.

[16] The band released the one-off single "Forgot To Grow" on 25 October 2023, which was included in a compilation of Dais Records tracks DAIS223.

[31] Class struggle is also a common theme in their lyrics,[32] as are references to the singer's Merseyside upbringing, such as the song "0151" named for the county's dialling code.

[24] Rolling Stone writer Sophie Porter said they merge the "tightly wound energy and seething passion of hardcore, softened (albeit slightly) with a post-punk maturity and a dash of Britpop idealism".

"[34] Loud and Quiet writer Dominic Haley described their sound as "a frankly out-there melding of Judge style Youth Crew, Sisters of Mercy-like goth and '90s Britpop".

[35] They have cited influences including Gang of Four, the Stone Roses,[36] the Cure, Bauhaus, Wipers, the U.K. Subs, Chromatics,[35] Hüsker Dü,[30] the Chameleons and the Sound.