All four members of Anna-Liese - Emmet Conefery (vocals, guitar), Mark Walsh (vocals,guitar), Eddy Blake (drums) and Sean Carey (bass guitar) met through college in Waterford (WIT) in 2011, all studying Music. Both Conefery and Walsh were writing their own songs separately and both of them contacted Sean and Eddy to put some bass and drums on their tracks. Rather than starting up two new bands it made sense for the four guys to form one band.

In 2016, the band completed its first EP "Chasing and Fading" and acquired some much deserved street-credibility with an number of gigs under their belts, predominantly in Waterford, Kilkenny, Cork and Dublin. After a great year of gigs, the band felt inspired to continue writing new music. In April 2017, the band went back to the studio to record five new tracks which would become their second EP entitled 'Stand On My Own'. After releasing the EP in September 2017, the band embarked on an Irish tour to promote it, playing in Waterford, Kilkenny, Cork, Dublin and Carlow, receiving rave reviews.