Before changing their name and adopting a swaggering country-rock sound, the New York Fund played melodic indie rock material under the name Cherryfalls. British bandmates Joseph McAdam (vocals, guitar), Adrian Woodward (guitar), James Anthony Austen Lewis (bass), and Reuben Humphries (drums) first banded together over a mutual love for Teenage Fanclub, and a slew of gigs around the band's native London attracted attention from Island Records.