[2] In December 2011, this first version of Hoops debuted with the song Commercial, followed by a dual-song release called Avian Way later in the month.
[3] Auscherman recruited the rest of the band members in 2011 while they were all juniors in high school, however, they had all been friends since sixth grade.
[9][10] Hoops then released their first full-length album with Fat Possum, titled Routines, in May 2017, which reached #21 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart.
Concurrently, Fat Possum Records announced that they would no longer be releasing the album Halo in light of the allegations, with all pre-orders to be refunded as soon as possible.
[15] Vocalist Drew Auscherman cites Hall & Oates as well as Michael Jackson and the band Felt as influences.