2001–2004: Early years and the Silver Boulders While Nat was in preschool, he formed a band called the Silver Boulders with his friends, which included David, Nat wrote his first song titled "Mama Don't Let Me Cry" at the age of five. Meanwhile,
Albie Hecht, a former
Nickelodeon executive and founder of
Spike TV, was in the audience that day. He ended up bringing the film to Nickelodeon, suggesting they develop it into a television series. Tom Asheim, the vice president and general manager of Nickelodeon said: : "At first, we were intrigued by the idea, but we weren't sure kids would get the vague-tongue-and-check-of-it. Then a bunch of us took it home to our own children and they loved it." In the summer through the early fall of 2006, the first season of the self-titled series took production. On April 15, 2008, the brothers released their second album, ''
I Don't Want To Go To School''. The album had a total of 12 tracks, along with two bonus tracks, and a poster. As part of a
Wal-Mart special sale, it included a DVD featuring a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the Draper-Wolff family and the siblings' bandmates. The brothers then started their first national-tour, called Nat & Alex Wolff: Fully Clothed & On Tour, which started on November 1, 2008. Nat and Alex, along with professionally trained musicians that include Jacob Hertzog (music director, guitar and backup vocals), Misty Boyce (keyboards and backup vocals), Chris Muir (musician)|Chris Muir (bass and backup vocals), and
Boris Pelekh (guitar, drums and backup vocals)
, performed songs from and even some from the upcoming episodes. Some concerts they performed at include the Capital One Bank Theater in
New York City, the
Theater of the Living Arts in
Philadelphia, the Berkeley Performance Center in
Boston,
The Roxy in
Los Angeles, and the
House of Blues in
Chicago,
New Orleans,
Florida and
California. Following the 2008 tour, the brothers confirmed their first full-length summer tour, titled "Nat & Alex Wolff: Summer Road Trip Tour". It began in June 2009 and ended in early October 2009. The brothers performed at Pop-Con 2010, alongside
Justin Bieber,
Selena Gomez, and many other teen performers. Thereafter, the duo performed at the
Earth Day 2010 concert in New York and played many new songs there, such as "Fire and Kerosene", "18", "Disappointed" and others. It was during these performances that the brothers realised crowds had begun to shrink, something that come as a surprise to them. After the brothers completed their tour in 2009, they revealed that they were working on a new studio album, post their
Nickelodeon TV series. Two demo tracks — a cover of
Bruce Springsteen's song "
Dancing In The Dark" and of
The Beatles' song, "
A Hard Day's Night" — were leaked onto the siblings' official website.
2010–2012: Black Sheep The brothers began recording their first non-Nickelodeon
studio album in early 2010. Of the writing process, Nat said, "The material is a bit more mature, as I have matured as a [song]writer."
2013–2020: Smaller Releases and Public Places Following a brief period of touring, in October 2013, Nat & Alex Wolff released an album of previously unreleased songs, entitled
Throwbacks. The album primarily consisted of songs the musicians wrote during their time on their Nickelodeon show,
The Naked Brothers Band. The songs were initially to be released in 2009, however, due to contracts with the brothers, the rights to the music were occupied by Nickelodeon. In 2014, the brothers continued to release music, in the form of several double-singles. In late 2014, they released a double-single, "''Cities/It's Just Love"
. Three months later, they released "Last Station/Rules",
and, on October 7, an additional double-single, consisting of "Where I'm Goin
by Alex, and "Rock Star"'' by Nat, described as 'melodic folk tunes, perfect for a chilly fall day'. An alternate version of
Rock Star was also featured in the 2013 teen romance film
Palo Alto which included Nat in a starring role. In 2015, Nat penned and performed the single, "Look Outside", which featured in the feature film,
Paper Towns, also starring Nat. The brothers released their first extended play in November 2016, titled
Public Places. In late 2019, the duo released the double-single,
"Cool Kids/Note". Whilst the duo did not release any major efforts over the next couple of years, they continued performing live for fans on their social media accounts, and even reunited with former
Naked Brothers Band cast-mates for a live sing-along reunion on Instagram in 2020, during the COVID lockdown. In late 2020, they released the track, "Glue", which was inspired by
Fleetwood Mac,
the Replacements and
the National.
2021-2024: Table For Two and Subsequent Touring As COVID lockdown forced the brothers to share a living space once again, the two started to collaborate on new music, experimenting with different genres and sounds. In September 2022, the brothers released "
All Over You", a
Prince-inspired genre bending tune, described by Nat as, “the tune you put on the night before you leave town when you’ve just fallen in love." The duo finally released their second studio album,
Table For Two, on June 15, 2023. According to
Paste Magazine, the Matt Wallace and Tone Def-produced album was 'unrushed, initially meant to come out in 2021, but Alex and Nat chose to push it back while focusing on their ever-more-complex medley of side hustles and big-name gigs.'
2024-Present: Third Studio Album In an Instagram post on March 8, 2024, the brothers revealed they had finished their third studio album. On September 9, 2024, the two were announced to open at shows for
Billie Eilish's Hit Me Hard and Soft tour The duo's third Self Titled album was released on January 16th 2026 . ==Musical style and influences==