They have gained a nationwide success and were nominated for MTV Europe Music Awards 2007 as the best Baltic act.
The band received an Austra's Award for their 2019 record Rust and Gold named Best Album of 2019 in Latvia.
Their first album Running to the Sun was released on Melo Records in 2004 under the name The Movies.
In 2009 the band teamed up with Gatis Zakis and produced their third record, this time a double Recipe of the Golden Dream.
In 2019, a decade after the previous album, Tribes of the City independently released Rust and Gold on vinyl and major streaming platforms.