[6] Spector were formed in 2011 by former Les Incompétents and Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man frontman Fred Macpherson, and practiced and performed their first gigs in Efes Snooker Club in East London.

[7] Macpherson notes that the band have drawn inspiration from 1980s acts including Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), Spandau Ballet and Ultravox.

Following the two dates, Spector announced album track "Friday Night, Don't Ever Let It End" would be released as a single on Monday 12 November 2012.

[17] In October 2012, Spector embarked on promotional tours in Singapore and Malaysia respectively, sponsored by Topman and Universal Music Asia.

Spector performed at XFM's 'Winter Wonderland' event in December 2012, alongside acts including Bloc Party, Maxïmo Park and Everything Everything.

[21] It was announced on 12 July 2013 that Christopher Burman had left the band, with touring members set to fulfil his duties on guitar and synthesizer on upcoming concert dates.

[28] They also announced an accompanying UK tour, spanning 13 dates in October[29] with Yoann Intonti on the drums and Spring King and Bill Ryder Jones as supporting acts.

I wrote the bones of it pretty quickly then Jed came through and channelled the ghost of John Frusciante on guitar and we knew we were on to something.

On 31 March 2020, a four-track EP called Extended Play was released, comprising these three tracks as well as one new song, titled "When Did We Get So Normal?

[40] The album, called Now or Whenever was originally scheduled to be released on 1 October 2021,[41][42] but was pushed back until 7 January 2022 due to vinyl manufacturing delays.