The Surfrajettes were formed in Toronto in 2015.[1] Guitarist Nicole Damoff comes from a blues background.[2] Damoff and Shermy Freeman have known each other since high school, with Damoff in the school blues band and Freeman being the first female guitar player in the school rock band.[3] Bassist Sarah Butler previously played upright bass in Canadian rockabilly acts The Millwinders and Real Gone.[2] The band has worked with a number of drummers. During 2023/4 the role was taken by Annie Lillis from The Beyonderers.[4][5]
In 2018, the group gained notoriety for an instrumental surf cover of Britney Spears hit song "Toxic".[6] In 2022, the group released their debut album Roller Fink. The album was recorded at The Woodshed Studio in Toronto with Colin Cripps, a member of surf group C&C Surf Factory, producing.[7]