Lead vocalist Maisie Everett used to play bass guitar in Melbourne punk outfit Clamm before departing at the start of 2023 to focus on the Belair Lip Bombs.

[5] The group released their debut studio album, Lush Life, in August 2023 via Melbourne-based independent label Cousin Will Records.

[6] Writing for NME, Doug Wallen called it a genre-defying record, with elements of "punk, post-punk, jangle pop and new wave".

[6] The Belair Lip Bombs played at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas in March 2024,[7] and in August, they became the first Australian act to sign with Nashville-based label Third Man Records, who issued a re-release of Lush Life.

Writing for The Guardian, Shaad D'Souza described Everett's vocals on Lush Life as having a "louche, swaggering tone" delivering "headrush romantic narratives that match the frenetic pace and intensity of the songs themselves.