The lead vocalist, AJ Haynes, began singing in Brownsville Baptist church at age six. While gaining experience from a young age, Haynes also has singing in her genes since her mother was a singer in Japan before moving to the United States. Haynes is a high school teacher. Bassist Adam Davis, attributing his sound to Jimi Hendrix, is a residential and commercial painter. Seratones won their first award at the Louisiana Music Prize contest in 2013. After winning this prize, they continued to get noticed. While they didn't win the final prize, the band entered NPR's Music Tiny Desk Contest in 2015. They were named one of Paste Magazine's "Top 20 new bands of 2015" and their song "Chandelier" was named by NME Magazine "one of the best new tracks". The Seratones showcased at the South by South West music festival in March 2016. The Seratones performed at festivals including CMJ music festival 2015, Sloss fest 2016, at SxSW, Valley of the Vapors, Reading/Leeds, and Hangout Music Festival.