Their self-titled 1996 album, recorded after a mere 10 practices,[1] spawned the Canadian rock radio hits "Tinfoil", "Vicious" and "Screweditup", but the band was hindered by staff alterations at their label Mercury Records.

The group went on hiatus when Age of Electric regrouped for their 1997 album Make a Pest a Pet.

Although that release wasn't as successful commercially as Limblifter, the singles "Ariel vs. Lotus" and "Wake Up to the Sun" were popular on radio.

Kurt Dahle and Todd Fancey subsequently left the band in 2001 to concentrate on The New Pornographers.

In 2004, Dahle, Patterson, Bradfield, and new drummer Brent Follett revived Limblifter.