[8][9] The band has also played festivals like SXSW, The Great Escape, Reading & Leeds and Rock the Garden.

[10] Gatesmith met ex-keyboardist and bassist Max Petrek while on sky-diving course during a visit to Saint Paul.

Ian Nygaard and Jay Simonson (France Camp) were both members of Nice Purse when Gatesmith included them in the band.

He especially saw something special in Gatesmith: "And I guess what really drew me to them was Jordan just really had this phenomenal stage presence that I don't see very often, especially in younger bands.

Emily Mackay writes that while Howler is not different from other bands, it does "make commonplace components fly with a brilliant nonchalance".

Howler spent most of 2012 in the UK promoting America Give Up, as well as stopping off in Australia, Japan and various European countries.

[14] Featured in "The Fly Magazine" in June 2013, information on album number 2, old working title "Wasteland Blues" was given.

[15] On January 21, 2014, Howler announced via their Facebook page that their second album, titled World of Joy, would be released on March 25, 2014, via Rough Trade Records.

They subsequently released the music video for the first single off of the new album, "Don't Wanna", via their Vevo channel on YouTube.

On March 18, Howler released the music video for their second single from "World Of Joy", "Indictment" also via their Vevo channel on YouTube.

In summer 2015, Gatesmith relocated to Los Angeles, taking on Yayo Trujillo on bass and Hiram Sevilla on drums.

[citation needed] On January 13, 2017, Gatesmith announced the disbandment of the band, in replacement of his new project, Wellness.

[17] He later explained further that "there were no fights nor arguments" and "the words “breaking up” or “disbanding” were never even mentioned by anyone" in addition about the band's break-up.