[2] Their first single as the Aces, "Stuck", was released in 2016, eventually reaching #38 on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart in late 2017.
[7] The Aces worked with six producers on the records, but Dan Gibson and Simon Oscroft were particularly influential, being involved in half of the material.
Although neither sister recalls exactly when their musical career visions began, the Ramirez sisters were raised in a music-loving household where their father would dance salsa with them and their mother played 1980s pop artists like Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson, as well as older brother playing in many prominent Provo/SLC hardcore punk bands.
[10] Collectively, the Aces began to sharpen their talents and get their raw exposure throughout high school while performing locally at venues and bars.
[11] In 2014, the girls decided to professionally pursue a musical career after watching 18 year old Lorde win her first Grammy.
[12] With no industry ties, the girls began their hunt for professional connections first starting by working with accomplished producers.
[3] During SXSW they performed at Nylon, Noisey, Rachael Ray's Feedback House, and Quantum Collective's SX Invasion.
Cristal and Alisa Ramirez commented that while they had not been consciously avoiding gendered pronouns, the band, in which three of four members are queer, had previously not been ready to "step into that space [...] as artists.
[19] On June 8, 2022, The Aces released the first single from their third LP, titled "Girls Make Me Wanna Die".
Sisters Cristal and Alisa Ramirez, along with their best friends, decided to turn their musical after school get-togethers into a career.
The Aces have cited as musical and career influences Paramore; Earth, Wind & Fire; The Beatles; New Order; Depeche Mode; Michael Jackson; and Weezer.
The Aces are an all-female band and members have expressed the desire to break the idea of the "girl band/girl group" genre.
The media has often looked at gender first rather than their music when referring to the Aces, according to Cristal Ramirez, who said in an interview with Capitol Sound DC, "we are just a band!