Denton, TX’s fantasy pop duo Battle Bite contain vocalists/keyboardists Jeff Louis and Leanne Macomber, who also art a synth and drum machine-driven haze similar to late-’80s/early-’90s acts want Julee Cruise which Mortal Coil (aswell as contemporaries want Beach Home). Macomber started composing what would become Combat Bite tracks that didn’t suit the mood from the louder, even more rock-oriented rings she is at at that time; after viewing Louis’ music group Teenage Symphony play, she asked him if he’d collaborate with her. They started documenting in 2007 and their initial single, Swissex Fan, earned compliment from blogs such as for example Stereogum and Gorilla vs. Keep. The band produced its full-length debut, Emerald Eye, available that summertime, and it had been officially released that fall.