[1] The Greeting Committee, or T.G.C., was formed by Addie Sartino (lead vocals), Brandon Yangmi (guitar), Pierce Turcotte (bass), and Austin Fraser (drums) while the four were attending Blue Valley High School in Overland Park, Kansas in the summer of 2014.

A copy of the collection was given to Lazlo Geiger, an on-air personality at Kansas City's KRBZ radio station.

[3] After the release of the EP and the radio airplay of "Hands Down", the band began performing as an opening act for a variety of concerts in Kansas City-area venues.

[12] In June 2018,[13] the band's lead singer, Addie Sartino, wrote a piece in Rookie magazine discussing growing up as part of the LGBTQ community,[14] themes that often appear in her lyrics.

[citation needed] Those songs would serve as the singles for the band's debut studio album, This Is It, released in October 2018 on Harvest Records.

[23] An American headlining tour supporting Dandelion began in February 2022 and concluded in March, followed by a hometown show at Kansas City's Uptown Theater in April.