[6] On 17 March 2015, Trash Boat announced their signing to Hopeless Records[7] and released an EP titled Brainwork on 18 May 2015.

[12] Throughout December of the same year, Trash Boat supported Beartooth on the group's UK tour.

[13] The band announced their second studio album, Crown Shyness, on 14 May 2018 alongside the lead single "Shade".

In February 2021, Trash Boat released the single "He's So Good" as well as merchandise inspired by the song.

[19] Duncan has cited the poets W. B. Yeats and Emily Brontë as a major influence on his lyric writing.