Formation and early beginning The members individually hail from
Lincolnshire and
Leicestershire. Although the band was not officially formed until 2015, it was at
Oakham School that the members had all met. During this time each member had played in separate bands, and it was not until they all eventually settled in London that they came together to form their own. The band's name came from a misheard lyric of a
Nick Cave song, "
Water's Edge". Guitarist Rory Young loves the song but always sung the words as 'sea girls' instead of 'city girls'. When asked about the name, drummer Oli Khan said, "We liked the nostalgia and whimsiness of it, but we also just needed a name pretty quickly at the time!"
2017–2019: Call Me Out, Heavenly War, and Adored The band's debut single, "Call Me Out", was self-released on 1 June 2017. These EPs were all self-released before the band eventually signed with
Polydor Records in 2019. They went on to play the
Reading and Leeds Festivals on 25 and 26 August 2018. The band was invited back to play the festival the following year in 2019. The band's second single released under Polydor was "Violet" on 20 August of the same year, and was once again praised as the hottest record in the world by Annie Mac. Shortly after the band's first signed release it was also announced that they would be supporting Russian and Ukraine tour dates in August of
Foals's
Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost World Tour. In December 2019 the band completed their first American tour, playing shows at the
Mercury Lounge in New York City and at the
Hotel Café in Los Angeles.
2020: Under Exit Lights and Open Up Your Head Their first release of 2020, "Ready For More", was released in January 2020, having been announced on 29 April 2020 along with the release of single "Do You Really Wanna Know?". Album launch shows across record stores in the UK were set for November 2020 and January 2021, but later rescheduled several times due to the
COVID-19 pandemic and finally were done in August and September 2021.
2021–present: Homesick The band's first release of 2021, a cover of "
Nothing Breaks Like a Heart" by
Mark Ronson and
Miley Cyrus, was released on 12 February 2021. Later, on 9 August 2021, they announced that their second album,
Homesick, was set for release on 14 January 2022. However, in December 2021, they stated that the album was delayed until 25 March 2022, but then in early March 2022, they moved the album release one week early to 18 March 2022.
Homesick peaked at number 3 on the UK Albums Chart, making it their second attempt to have consecutively charted at the same position. On 23 April 2022, they released a post album single, "DNA", in an exclusive limited 7" vinyl for the 15th anniversary of
Record Store Day. It was then released digitally on 5 May 2022, alongside the music video. In support of the album release, intimate record store shows were held across the UK in May 2022 as well as a European and UK headline tour in November and December 2022. On 6 September 2022, they premiered a standalone single, "Falling Apart". It features heavy
The Sopranos references, as it was written after Camamile watched the series. On 22 September 2022, it was announced that the song is featured on the
FIFA 23 official soundtrack. In the same year, they supported German rock band
Giant Rooks on their Germany and Switzerland Rookery Tour dates. They also played their debut set at
Glastonbury Festival and debut headliner set at
110 Above Festival. On 21 September 2023, they released the single "Weekends and Workdays", having been teased online and played live at festival sets since May 2023. It was also revealed that the band are now signed to the label Alt. Records. ==Members==