[3] The band began to receive critical acclaim in early 2012, from publications such as The Guardian and NME, who compared them to The Maccabees, Foals, Wu Lyf and Vampire Weekend.

[12] Lead singer Harry Koisser stated that the band was founded out of boredom, while the name Peace was inspired by a photograph celebrating the end of the Second World War.

[21] Up until this point, the band were relatively unknown, even on the local music scene, and their earliest documented gig took place during the Worcester Music Festival on 23 August 2009[22] Andrew Marston of BBC Introducing was one of the band's first supporters, giving them a prime-time slot on the BBC Hereford & Worcester stage at the Nozstock Festival of Performing Arts in July 2010 as well as much airplay beforehand.

[5] Having supported Mystery Jets and The Vaccines on tour,[26] Peace proceeded to release their debut extended play EP Delicious on 7 September.

Well received by the BBC and NME, the four-track extended play featured "California Daze", a track made available as a free download by the band in August of that year.

The band toured the US in October 2013 with Oliver Henry Burslem, who later formed and fronted Yak, temporarily replacing guitarist Douglas Castle.

[32] In late November and December 2013, playing at notable venues such as two nights at o2 Shepherd's Bush Empire, o2 Academy Birmingham, and Rock City (club) in Nottingham.

The band performed sixth on the bill for the main stage, playing before a number of popular artists including The Hives, Foster the People and the day's headliners Arctic Monkeys.

[36] On 3 April 2023, after a series of online teasers regarding their return in March 2023, Peace put their fourth album Utopia up in its entirety exclusively on their password protected website and performed several UK gigs in May and June 2023.