Formed in 2009 by Leslie Jordan and David Leonard under the moniker Sons & Daughters (later changed to All Sons & Daughters to avoid confusion with the Scottish rock band of the same name), the duo crafted rootsy country-folk in the vein of the Last Bison and the Civil Wars. The pair issued a trio of EPs (Brokenness Aside: EP No. 1, Prone to Wander: A Collection of Hymns EP, and Reason to Sing: EP No. 2) before releasing their full-length debut, Season One, in 2012. The Longing: EP No. 3 followed later the same year, with the full-length Live arriving in 2013. An eponymous album appeared in 2014 and became their first to hit the Top Ten of the Christian and Folk Albums charts, as well as landing in the top half of the Billboard 200. In 2016, the duo released Poets & Saints, which was inspired by their travels in Europe. On February 9, 2018, after taking a year off they announced that their "season as a band has come to an end".