[4] Former Dundee FC footballer and promoter Lee Wilkie spotted the band's talent and introduced them to Dave McLean of Riverman Management.
[citation needed] Wilkie and Mclean brought the Mirror Trap to the attention of Placebo and the band supported them at the HMV Picture House, Edinburgh on 25 April 2012.
[7] By the time the band recorded and released their second album, Stay Young they were offered the chance to support Placebo on a tour of Russia in the summer of 2014.
[8] The tour covered 8 venues in 13 days and the band invited Scott Duffy to join them, providing additional percussion and vocals.
[11] In September 2014 Placebo announced that The Mirror Trap would be joining them at the 2014 iTunes Festival, performing at London's Roundhouse in Camden Town.
To launch the record The Mirror Trap made plaster casts of hands with the index fingers painted black and distributed them around Dundee.
Simulations was recorded at Thailand's Karma Sound Studios, which saw the band follow in the footsteps of Enter Shikari, Bullet For My Valentine, The Libertines, and Placebo.