It consists of brothers Oliver and Louis Leimbach, with additional members James Jennings, Felix Bornholt and Nicholas Polovineo.

[3] At the 2020 ARIA Music Awards they were nominated in eight categories and won Breakthrough Artist – Release for their second album, 14 Steps to a Better You (July 2020).

[4][5] After spotting the duo at a band competition, Icehouse frontman, Iva Davies offered them a mentoring partnership and they recorded some tracks.

[5] The group centres around the Leimbach brothers who recognised their mutual love of all things pop and their desire to create original and exciting music.

[5] In July 2012 Lime Cordiale independently released their five-track debut extended play Faceless Cat, including the single "Pretty Girl", which was distributed by MGM.

[5][6][7] Larry Heath of The AU Review saw the group performing that track and felt it has "a good dose of clarinet to mix in with their signature blend of pop, rock, jazz" and other genres.

[8] Lime Cordiale's second five-track EP Falling Up the Stairs (September 2013) was issued via Chugg Music/MGM Distribution,[9] which was produced by Daniel Denholm and provided two singles "Bullshit Aside" and "Sleeping at Your Door".

[11] Forté's Rex Miller observed, "bass is heavy and the melodies are strong and give choruses that are best sung at the top of your lungs.

[12][13] It was produced by Dave Hammer (Thundamentals, Nicole Millar, Washington) with the same five-piece line-up as on Road to Paradise.

[16]The Brag's Tanja Brinks Toubro gave it four-out-of-five stars and highlighted the "playfulness" and "quality of the individual songs".

[26][27] Ali Shutler of NME Australia compared it to their debut album, "it's more refined, more considered but still inspires excitement at every starry-eyed turn.

[40][41] On 4 June 2024 the duo released a new single titled "Cold Treatment" along with the announcement of their upcoming third studio album Enough of the Sweet Talk.

The duo will tour Australia throughout 2024 alongside Australian band Ball Park Music to support the album.

[42] On 21 June 2024, long-time touring members Nick Polovineo and Felix Bornholdt both announced they would be moving on from the band via Instagram.

[60] The Environmental Music Prize is a quest to find a theme song to inspire action on climate and conservation.