The group was formed in 2001 by two students, Ben Murray and Dan Wright and soon grew with the addition of George Hollis, Matt King, Vince Wong, Nigel Mattinson, Bill Calderhead and David Caves.
[1][2] In March 2009, the group entered the inaugural Voice Festival UK competition at the semifinal stage, held in St Andrews.
In the semifinal, they won the award for 'Outstanding Performance' for their mash-up of "Dance Wiv Me", "Lovestoned" and "Billie Jean", and progressed to the final in London.
[3] That year, they also released their sixth studio album, Press Paws, which included tracks they had performed during Last Choir Standing.
[4] The group released an album titled We're Not Kitten, featuring some of the songs that had earned them success at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2010.
They visited the Yale Spizzwinks, Tufts Sq!, The Boston College Bostonians, the MIT Chorallaries, the NYU Mixtapes and the Princeton Katzenjammers as well as performing at the Spence School in NYC.
In addition, Best Arrangement was awarded to Musical Director Lauren Gage, and special mention went to Caitlin Macdonald for her solo and to Joe Revell for his Vocal Percussion.