Pumarosa

[3] The band was initially started as a duo by Isabel Munoz-Newsome (vocals, guitar) and Nicholas Owen (drums),[1][2][4] who had first met in 2011 through mutual friends and become part of a psychedelic punk band called Lion Child; following the group's disbanding, Munoz-Newsome played solo until 2014, when she re-united with Owen to start Pumarosa — whose name stems from the word pomarosa, a colloquial term for rose apple fruits.

[1] The band was later expanded to include Henry Brown (bass), Tomoya Suzuki (electronics) and Neville James (lead guitar).

[1] During the last months of 2016, the band were one of the support acts of Glass Animals for the North American and European dates of their promotional tour for the album How to Be a Human Being.

[9] The same week of The Witch's release, Munoz-Newsome was diagnosed with cervical cancer after having a smear test;[4][8] however, the band decided to fulfill all of their remaining planned events — including their first TV appearance, as they performed their single "Dragonfly" on the BBC Two programme Later... with Jools Holland —[4][10] before the lead singer underwent a trachelectomy in June of the same year.

[4][16] Bass player Henry Brown departed before the release of the band's second album,[8] while Jamie MacMillan joined the group.