2014–2017: Men I Trust, Headroom, and physical EPs Men I Trust was founded in 2014 by high school friends Jessy Caron and Dragos Chiriac, who reunited in the music department at
Université Laval. They released a self-titled album in 2014; the band later performed at the
Montreal Jazz Festival,
Quebec City Summer Festival, and
M for Montreal. They released their second studio album
Headroom in 2015. The album featured multiple vocalists, including
Ghostly Kisses and Emmanuelle Proulx, who joined the group full-time as lead vocalist and guitarist in March 2016. Vocalist Odile Marmet-Rochefort also joined around this time. On March 3, 2016, Men I Trust released the song "Humming Man", followed by the song "Lauren" on June 13. On December 16, 2016, the band released the single "Plain View", alongside a music video made up of clips from their 2016 China Tour.
2017–2021: Oncle Jazz and Forever Live Sessions On May 10, 2017, Men I Trust released the single "You Deserve This" alongside a music video filmed in Bucharest, Romania. This was followed by the singles "Tailwhip" on August 18, and "I Hope to Be Around" on November 10, with accompanying music videos. On February 28, 2018, they released the single "Show Me How" along with a music video. In 2018, they embarked on a North American tour. They also performed at
Lollapalooza on August 3, 2019. On November 29, 2018, the group announced their third studio album
Oncle Jazz, which released on September 13, 2019. The album had initially been scheduled for release in February 2019, but was delayed multiple times due to the band's touring schedule and so they could ensure that it was ready. Eight of the twelve singles released since their previous album were reworked and included on this album.
Oncle Jazz was long-listed for the
2020 Polaris Music Prize. In 2020, Men I Trust released their first live album,
Forever Live Sessions, featuring songs from
Oncle Jazz and other work. On June 16, 2021, they were featured in an episode of the
NPR web series
Tiny Desk (Home) Concert recorded in Quebec.
2021–2024: Untourable Album The band announced their fourth studio album,
Untourable Album, on June 23, 2021, with it releasing on August 25, 2021. A picture taken by photographer
Lynn Goldsmith serves as the album cover. The photo appeared in a 1984 photography book titled,
A Day in the Life of Canada, and features two children in front of the
Lunenburg Academy in
Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. When the band reached out to Goldsmith's licensing administrator to use the photo, they were met with concerns that her pricing would be out of their league given the fame of her past album cover clientele. However, as a fan of Men I Trust, Goldsmith was willing to license the photo at an "indie band price for the love of music." Written and recorded during the
lockdown era of the
COVID-19 pandemic, the title sprang from an expectation that touring on the album would be impossible. However, an injury sustained by keyboardist Dragos Chiriac resulted in delays in publishing long enough to enable the group to tour on the album after all. This was followed by the Untourable Euro Tour from May to October 2022, with an additional US tour supported by
Homeshake and Feng Suave from November to December 2022. On June 29, 2022, Men I Trust released the song "Hard to Let Go", the first single since the release of their previous studio album. This was followed by the release of the single and video for "Billie Toppy" on September 28, and the single "Girl" on October 12. In November 2022, Men I Trust performed "Show Me How" with
Joey Badass on
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. From March to April 2023, the band toured Asia and Oceania. In July 2023, Men I Trust embarked on a tour of Europe and toured the United States in October and November 2023. On September 9, 2024, the band released the single, "Husk".
2025–present: Forever Live Sessions, Vol. 2 and Equus albums On February 10, 2025, Men I Trust released
Forever Live Sessions, Vol. 2. The following day on February 11, the band announced their upcoming fifth and sixth studio albums:
Equus Asinus and
Equus Caballus respectively, to be supported by the Equus Tour, which will run from July to October 2025.
Equus Asinus was released on March 19, and
Equus Caballus was released on May 6.
Equus Asinus was longlisted for the
2025 Polaris Music Prize. ==Musical style==