Beach Slang formed in 2013. In 2014, they released an extended play titled Who Would Ever Want Anything So Broken? via Dead Broke Records. They followed that release in October 2014 with their second extended play titled Cheap Thrills on a Dead End Street via Tiny Engines.

In February 2015, Beach Slang released a split along with five other bands titled "Strength in Weakness" via Lame-O Records. Their debut full-length album, The Things We Do to Find People Who Feel Like Us, was released on October 30th, 2015.