[1] The band was formed in 2016 by lead vocalist and cellist Calvin Langman and guitarist Ross Monteith, with the addition of Luke Davis as drummer following the release of their debut EP Awfully Apeelin'.

[2] After finding unexpected success on Spotify, the band members dropped out of college to record their first full-length album, Concentrate.

The band members attended the same New Jersey high school, where Ross Monteith approached the classically-trained Calvin Langman to play music together.

[3] Two days before recording, they contacted Ross's older brother's friend, Luke Davis, to add a layer of percussion.

While Langman and Monteith were attending the University of Delaware,[5] "While You Fade Away" was listed on Spotify's Fresh Finds playlist, jumping from under 1,000 listens on the app to over 39,000.