Originally from Brighton, East Sussex, they formed in 1986 by vocalist Wendy Morgan, guitarists Simon Pickles and Greg Dixon plus bassist Pat Walkington, and were joined by Shaun Charman, the former drummer for The Wedding Present in 1988.

[2] The next year this was followed by the single "Landslide", (released by Medium Cool Records), which reached number 20 on the UK Indie Chart,[3] and made it to No.

The singles "Waiting for the Winter" (1989) and "Someone You Love" (1990) featured on their debut album, Eugenie (also 1990), released by the record label Midnight Music.

The final album of their early years, A Plus de Cent (1996) – which features the French language version of their last single, "Harley Davidson" – was released by Tall Poppy Records.

The band have continued to tour and record new material, and released the single "So Long" in May 2017, followed in the same year by the album Sugar Kisses.