In many ways this is also how we see our music; Kit had heaps of old manual photographs of these desolate, windswept English locations and we pasted the words ‘Trophy Wife’ in big pink letters onto them and we really liked the relationship between the two.
"[1] Paul Lester of The Guardian described their debut single "Microlite" like this: It exudes melancholy even as the beat fires up; it's our old friend, sad disco, something to dance to even as you ponder the vapidity and meaninglessness of frivolous self-expression.
[7] The band's sound and aesthetic is informed by influences as diverse as Hank Marvin, The Notwist, Studio, Tortoise, Ennio Morricone, PJ Harvey, Polmo Polpo, Fleetwood Mac,[1] The Shadows, Glissandro 70, Caribou, and Donna Summer.
Trophy Wife were the main support for Esben and the Witch's early 2011 tour[9] and were chosen to play an HMV Next Big Thing show on 10 February 2011 alongside James Yuill, CocknBullKid, and Visions of Trees.
[13] As revealed in a news story on One for the People on 9 August 2012, Trophy Wife's debut album is almost completed and the band will be releasing previews of its songs (11 in total) visually in collage format on their official Tumblr.