[3][4] Following Reimer's death and the disbanding of Women, ex-Women bassist Flegel decided to form a new band with guitarist Munro (formerly of Lab Coast); the two had recently toured together as live musicians for Chad VanGaalen.

[8] The band released their debut album, Viet Cong, on January 20, 2015, on Jagjaguwar and Flemish Eye.

[18] This, their fourth studio album, titled Arrangements, was released on September 9, 2022 solely via Flemish Eye Records.

[19] In late 2024, On February 11th, 2025, Preoccupations announced their fifth album “Ill At Ease” which is set to be released on May 9th, 2025 via Born Losers Records.

[1][20] The band's debut cassette was described as a combination of "crooning post-punk vocals, distant-sounding harmonies à la Nuggets-era psychedelia, noise-addled punk, and Blade Runner-style instrumentals".

[1] Asked about the band's new wave influences in 2016, Munro said, "Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark gets rocked a lot in the van, and we're all New Order fans of course... At least half of my favourite records are from the late seventies or the early eighties.