The vocalist Lizzy Plapinger and producer Max Hershenow met at the
Vassar College while studying music. They claim to have done the electronic music class together, but they only became better friends after they graduated in 2010, when Max started contacting Lizzy by e-mail.
On June 2011, the band released an EP called Ghost City USA with the songs “Bones”, “Time Of My Life (Cover)”, “Strings” and “Ash Tree Lane”.

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