Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever was formed in
Melbourne, Australia, in 2013 by three guitarists; cousins Fran Keaney and Joe White, along with their longtime friend and musical partner Tom Russo. Soon after, the band recruited Tom Russo's brother Joe Russo on bass guitar, as well as Fran Keaney's housemate Marcel Tussie on drums. Their debut EP,
Talk Tight, was released in 2016 on
Ivy League Records. It was followed by their second EP,
The French Press, which was mixed by
Doug Boehm and released in 2017 on
Sub Pop. They performed at the
St Jerome's Laneway Festival on 29 January 2018, and their debut full-length album,
Hope Downs, was released on 15 June 2018 on Sub Pop. Their second album,
Sideways to New Italy, was released in 2020, again on Sub Pop.
Sideways' was met with critical acclaim, and was named as one of the top albums of 2020 by several music publications including
Under the Radar,
Rough Trade, and
Double J. The group followed up their 2020 effort in 2022 with their third studio album,
Endless Rooms, which was written during the
COVID-19 pandemic in Australia while the band was in quarantine. During the process, the band described how quarantine made the songwriting process difficult. In 2022 interview with
Stereogum, lead singer Tom Russo said that "despite being so close to each other, we couldn't see each other or get together and practice. As a result, the songs on
Endless Rooms are ones that follow a more logical structure, because they haven't had their limbs ripped off them and stuck back on other songs." Despite these challenges, the band did songwriting throughout much of Summer 2020, and in December 2020, the band was able to begin recording the album, where they recorded it on a ranch about two hours north of
Melbourne owned by extended family of brothers and bandmembers, dubbed "The Basin". After touring for much of 2022 and 2023, the band was rather inactive throughout 2024 and 2025. In 2026, the band released their first song in four years, "Sunburned In London". With the release, the band teased a potential fourth studio album. ==Reception==