Sloan has released thirteen full-length albums and has received nine Juno Award nominations, winning one.

[2] The band is known for their sharing of songwriting and lead vocals from each member of the group and their unaltered line-up throughout their career.

That same year, Murphy and Scott were attending the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD) in Halifax and began jamming together.

Through a battle of the bands-type gig, the band earned a spot on the DTK Records compilation Here and Now and a session with local producer Terry Pulliam at his Soundmarket Studios.

[5] On October 1, 1992, Sloan released their debut full-length album, Smeared, on Geffen in Canada.

In 1993, Sloan embarked on a 10-week North American tour, which included dates opening for The Lemonheads.

[5] Though they played a handful of shows in the summer of 1995, including a headlining gig at Edgefest, the band did indeed consider themselves broken up by late 1995.

Sloan made a concerted effort to break into the US market on their 2003 release Action Pact.

The glossier, radio-ready sound failed to raise Sloan's profile in the US, though they continued to be popular in Canada.

In promotion of the new album, a special video series produced and directed by Catherine Stockhausen was launched on YouTube to celebrate the band's success and renown.

The videos featured interviews with musicians and celebrities such as Jason Schwartzman, Joel Plaskett, Stefan Brogren, Dave Foley, Kevin Drew, Buck 65, Sebastien Grainger, The Dears, Ian D'Sa and Benjamin Kowalewicz from Billy Talent, K-OS, and Dave Hamlin.

[16] They toured North America, where they played Twice Removed in its entirety, followed by additional sets of songs that don't appear on the album.

Pre-orders of the single also included a T-shirt portraying the band members circa 1985, and a bonus digital download of 12 additional hardcore covers performed by Sloan.

Some of the bands covered included Minor Threat, The Descendents, Angry Samoans, 7 Seconds, Black Flag and The Nils.

[20] To mark that record's 20th anniversary, Sloan also toured North America, where they played the OCTA album in its entirety.

Advance track releases included "The Day Will Be Mine", "Spin Our Wheels" (the album's lead single), "Right to Roam," and "44 Teenagers."

The album's debut marked Sloan's highest ever position on the Billboard Heatseekers chart,[21] reaching #11.

[22] In late 2019, Sloan released their third deluxe vinyl box set – this time for their 1998 album, Navy Blues.

[23] To celebrate the box set's release, Sloan embarked on a tour of North America that extended into 2020, in which they performed the Navy Blues album in its entirety.

[25] On August 17, the band released the album's official lead single, "Scratch the Surface", along with an accompanying music video.

Prior to 2006's Never Hear the End of It, Ferguson and Scott would also play electric piano on songs that called for it.

Murphy and Pentland would be considered the two main vocalists as they sing lead on the majority of the band's songs and contribute back-up/harmony vocals to all of them.

According to Eye Weekly, that album's producer, Tom Rothrock, essentially randomly selected tracks out of the band's submissions in the interest of creating a more streamlined sound.