The Griswolds formed in February 2012.[3][4] The band’s single “Heart of a Lion”, reached #12 on the We Are Hunted emerging artists list.[5]
The Griswolds became a Triple J Unearthed feature artist after winning a slot on the 2012 Parklife Festival line-up alongside Passion Pit and The Presets.[6] Their Heart of a Lion EP, released in 2012, received positive reviews,[7][8][9] and helped start their touring career.[10] After success touring in their native Australia, the band made their first live appearance in New York City on May 11, 2013 at the Brooklyn Bowl.[11] The band began recording their debut album with producer Tony Hoffer in January 2014.[12]
The official music video for “Red Tuxedo” premiered on the VICE Noisey website on Valentine’s Day (February 14), 2014.[13] The band’s song “Beware the Dog” is the first song vocalist Chris Whitehall and lead guitarist Daniel Duque-Perez wrote together. Whitehall described it as being “about losing someone we were really close with to heavy drug use. [… It’s] about that journey – the good and the bad times.”[14]
