Influenced by the twee-pop movement, their first two albums – which are the only two in their discography to feature the same line-up – were both released in 2008.

[1] Hold on Now, Youngster... and We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed both received critical acclaim, prompting their third album in 2010, Romance Is Boring, which was praised for expanding their "already sizeable instrumental palette".

[3] The band has also released a live album – Good Night for a Fistfight in 2013, and five EPs, most recently More Hell in 2024.

In December 2010, the band announced the launch of a quarterly magazine, Heat Rash.

released their fourth EP, Whole Damn Body, which compiles remastered versions of all these tracks except for singles from Heat Rash #2.