[citation needed] After two years of playing in Southern California clubs, the band signed with Mercury Records and released their debut UK single "Violent & Young" on indie label Another Music = Another Kitchen on June 2, 2008.
In the latter country, Iglu & Hartley performed "In This City" on the (then) BBC One talk show Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, helping the song peak at number five on the UK Singles Chart, securing the band their first and only top ten hit in Britain.
An instrumental version of the song was also used as the theme tune for the "Goal of the Month" competitions on the BBC One sports show Match of the Day.
At SXSW in Austin, Iglu & Hartly's Jarvis Anderson was arrested in the early hours of March 19 after allegedly assaulting a hotel security guard while half naked.
In December 2020, the band returned with a new song, ‘Cooler’, while in 2021 Sam Martin released a solo single called ‘Patience’ under the name Sunshine Boysclub.