Scars on 45, from Bradford signed to Atlantic Records’ Chop Shop Records label which has been successful in getting previously-unsigned bands heard through song placements in popular TV programmes. The band’s single “Heart on Fire” was selected as the lead song for the eighth series’s soundtrack on ABC’s top-rated hospital drama Grey’s Anatomy.

The band released Scars on 45 their first full-length studio album on 10 April 2012. The album was selected by the editors at Amazon.com as number 7 out of 50 “Best Albums of 2012”. On 3 August 2018 the band released their third studio album Satellite Town. The band’s original lineup reunited for a show at the Leeds Beckett Students’ Union on 25 January 2025 and this will be the band’s first London show in many years.