[2] The band was formed as People Like You in 2014, by singer/guitarist Chris Lee-Rodriguez and drummer Sander Bryce, both graduates of Berklee College of Music.
[3] Singer/keyboardist Michi Tassey and trumpeter Matt Hull, also Berklee graduates, were originally special guests on some songs but were later added as full members.
[2] The latter album was noted for its "fusion of jazz musicianship, emo spirit, and indie-pop tunefulness.
Reviewers praised the album for its "nuanced, uncompromising instrumentation"[8] and for its intelligent lyrics on self-identity, culture, and social traumas.
[11] In July 2022, the band announced their intention to take an indefinite hiatus following two farewell shows in the fall, citing their desire to "maintain the integrity of what this project has become" at a "point in our lives when we want different things for themselves.