Crimes started in Minneapolis 2009, when a few demos written by Andrew Jansen were posted casually onto myspace. When local college station Radio K put them in heavy rotation, Andrew felt a push to create a physical group with friends Hannah Sather, Reese Hagy and Luke Friedrich.

From 2010-2014 the band played basements, festivals and main stages throughout the Twin Cities. They self-released two records, Good Hope (2011) & Thin Sunlight (2013) both recorded with Ali Jaffar of Ecstattic Studio.

Though splitting amicably in 2014, Crimes will reunite for the first time in 10 years, along-side the release of unheard material from 2014 recorded at the Old Blackberry Way Studio with Neil Weir (Blue Bell Knoll)