[3] The band's debut five track EP, Corner of My Eye, which was released in March 2001 on Embryo Records, reached number 14 on the AIR Top 20 Singles Charts.

"[2] It received airplay on Triple J and RTRFM, which led to tours of the Australian east coast and support slots with Echo and the Bunnymen, the Fauves, iOTA, Lo-Tel and Midnight Oil.

In mid-2002 pianist Roger Woodward invited Lee to study classical piano at San Francisco State University but he decided to remain with the group.

Conversations with the group's talent and label manager, Rosco Stewart,[9] and record producer Ben Glatzer assisted Lee's decision making.

[11] More airplay followed in February with the Triple M network adding "Disco King" to official rotation in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.

[14] "Ocean" reached number 14 on the Australian Independent Record Labels Association (AIR) top 20 singles charts in September.

[16] Oz Music Project's Soph Gyles observed, "it's a loose-fit collection of jingles for wasting away the summer, its bubblegum hooks accidentally dribbling out of your half-open mouth.

[18] Line up problems plagued the group at the end of 2003 and they toured Australia as a three-piece: Sibbes with Lee and Kim Jones.

Sibbes took up lead vocals, and after three rehearsals they performed at the Lotto Skyworks and Big Day Out, Perth to combined crowds of about 4,000 people.

Spencer Tracy performed in a tribute show in Collie in March 2019 in memory of Alison Pimm-Spry, who had died 20 years earlier.