The band was formed in 2006 in East Jakarta[2] by schoolmates Virgoun Teguh (guitar and vocals), Dimas Rangga (bass), and Ary Ceper (drums). Later Ary left the band, while Rachmad Firdaus joined as a guitarist.[1]
The groups first album was Grow Up, a mini album. It was released independently.[2] Virgoun described it as having many socially-themed protests.[1]
In 2008,[3] Last Child released their first studio album, Everything We Are Everything, was released by Fake Records.[2] Virgoun said that the album touches different issues from the independent album, "from love to spiritualism".[1]
In 2009, the band signed a contract with the local studio dr.m to promote the ringtone for "Diary Depresiku" ("My Depression Diary"), about a kid wrought with emotional turmoil after a divorce, which reached 300,000 downloads. Indah Setiawati wrote that the song has bitter lyrics and a slow melody.[1] The second single, "Pedih" ("Sore"), was in a rock style but had melancholic lyrics.[4] The third single released by dr.m was "Percayalah" ("Trust").[5]
The band released Our Biggest Thing Ever, its second album, in January 2012 through dr.m.[3] The songs were mostly written by Virgoun. One of the songs, "Seluruh Nafas Ini" ("This Whole Breath") features Giselle, who was a finalist in the 2008 series ofIndonesian Idol.[1]
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