Contrastly, Christian was raised in a less formal environment, having grown up travelling around New Zealand in his family's house truck.

[4] The Bollands first began playing through The Wanch, a local live music bar in Wan Chai, as well as The Underground.

[7] The Bollands also played at the Spring Scream Festival in Kenting, Taiwan, in 2012[8] and Cloceknflap (Hong Kong), Zandari Festa (South Korea), Mu:Con (South Korea), Booshkabash (China), The Auckland Folk Festival (New Zealand).

The Bollands first, self-titled, album was a collection of songs that they had written in the two or three years previous, which they had played in bars and at music festivals around Asia and New Zealand.

[3] Paper Houses was launched in June, 2014 at a public event held at Hidden Agenda.