[1] While attending high school in 2001, Schaefer and Rusk began performing together and using the moniker Royal Bangs when Stratton joined in 2005.

[2] The following year, German label City Slang released the album in Europe where British music publication Uncut described the record as "one smart and super-confident package, rather like a chirpier, younger, less navel-gazing Radiohead.

BBC Music editor Mike Diver reviewed the record, describing it as "varied but never lacking cohesion, Let It Beep is a charming and entirely unforeseen hit for tastes demanding their rock a little rough-hewn and happily unaffected.

In early 2012, Royal Bangs made an addition to their lineup by bringing Dylan Dawkins to play bass guitar.

On June 24, 2013, Rolling Stone premiered the video for "Better Run", a song from the upcoming LP Brass, recorded with Carney in May 2012 and set for a September 17 release.