Stretch to Mould formed in February 2012 and started rehearsing immediately. In the first three weeks of forming, the band played their first shows opening for Rusty Designz in Raumati Beach and Rockin’ the Hutt, an annual festival in Lower Hutt. A few months later the band started recording their Debut album Shadows, which was released at Bodega in Wellington on the 11th of October 2012.