The band formed in 2006 consisting of lead singer Ben Liebsch, guitarists Ryan Sherrill and Noel Milford, bassist Dan Lee, and drummer Paul Martinez.
[5] While supporting Party for the Grown and Sexy, the band toured with various acts including The Color Fred, The Dear Hunter, I Am The Avalanche, Four Year Strong, and more.
[9] For Valentine's Day, the band contributed a cover of The Foundations' song Build Me Up Buttercup on the compilation album Rockin' Romance 2 released by Destiny Worldwide in June 2010.
[13][14] Garnering more notoriety, the act was anointed "one of the east coast's biggest bands that you've never heard of" by PunkNews.org shortly before dates at South by Southwest and The Bamboozle.
Before Stern joined, the outfit was forced to play a few acoustic sets before finding guest drummers to fill in, including Steve Miller.
[21] In a New Yourk Times article, their Warped Tour performance at the Uniondale, NY date was described as "charming and skilled," while Liebsch is quoted as saying "You guys [fans] are supporting a very independent band.
With most of the band's possessions destroyed, Aaron Stern recalled the conversation prior to the fire, "We were actually mid-argument about releasing new music on our own when the tire initially blew.
[30] After a spring headlining tour in 2010 with Breathe Carolina, We Are The In Crowd, and Stay, the band released their first single, Some Things Don't Wash Out, from their upcoming debut full-length album of the same title in June.
[33] After nearly three years of writing, on October 12, 2010, the album Some Things Don't Wash Out was released by Doghouse Records, now the band's label, to overwhelmingly positive reviews.
"[34][31] In support of the album, the band played dates with acts such as Man Overboard, Sparks the Rescue, I Can Make A Mess Like Nobody's Business, and Hellogoodbye.
[52] In an Alternative Press interview in November 2019, Liebsch opened up about his mental health issues caused by childhood trauma, and how stress and unhealthy living lead to the band’s 2016 hiatus.
The music industry has been historically unwilling to do that for any band, let alone my little enterprise here.” He added “I’m opening to all things except for becoming unwell mentally again.”[53] In 2020, coming up on ten years of sobriety, during another AltPress interview, Liebsch announced the release of the new single F.I.N.E.