The band comprised singer-songwriter Katie Sutherland (vocals/guitar), Blair McMillan (drums), Gordon Turner (guitar), Scott Clark (bass) and Michael Abubakar (keyboard).

[1] Pearl and the Puppets were signed to the Universal Republic record label[2] and headlined the Solus Tent at the Wickerman Festival, in Scotland.

[3] Pearl and the Puppets supported Elton John at Glasgow's SECC on 10 June 2009.

[6] On 31 December 2009, Pearl and the Puppets played on BBC One Scotland's Hogmanay Live and went on to perform on the main stage at RockNess in Inverness-shire in June 2010 as well as a number of other summer festivals.

On 2 December 2011, Katie Sutherland announced that she will no longer release music under the Pearl & The Puppets name, but under her own name.