All of the Cove's members have been playing music since an early age, receiving training from prominent teachers in the Edmonton area, and most of its current lineup are full-time music students, either in the University of Alberta music program or the Grant MacEwan College music program.

Cove has performed in and around the Edmonton Area for the past few years, both as an opener for bands such as Captain Tractor and Feast, as well as a headliner at its own shows. Media attention towards Cove has always been supportive, and ranges from a special interview on CKUA's Celtic Show in late August to segments on A-Channel's Wired on several occasions, both in the studio and at performance venues.

Between the summers of 1998 and 1999, Cove recorded its first full-length album, entitled Later, at Wolf Willow Sound in Edmonton. The owner of the studio, Ian Armstrong, was so impressed by the group's sound, that he went out of his way to provide Cove with a polished, complete product that went far beyond the limited budget that the band had to work with and shows his dedication to the project. The result was an intimate yet energetic album that is accessible to music lovers of all ages. Reviews of Later in local entertainment and university/college papers have all been positive, and feedback from the consignment staff at HMV in West Edmonton Mall was so glowing that they recommended approaching Warner Music Canada about a record deal.

Upon advice from reliable sources, Cove decided to pursue a more local plan of action, but has since been approached by two smaller independent record labels: RCI Records, out of Nashville, Tennessee; and Raspberry Records, out of Beas, Spain. The RCI Records offer was not practical for Cove at the time it was received, but the Raspberry Records proposal is currently under review.

To promote their new CD, the members of Cove spent the summer performing and refining their skills, which culminated in August with a house gig at O'Byrne's Irish Pub, where Cove played every week up until their CD release party on 30 August 1999. In September, Cove was forced to stop performing temporarily with the loss of its then-flautist, Mat Langlois, who went on to pursue classical music studies at the University of Western Ontario. In the three-month hiatus that ensued, however, Cove welcomed its current flautist, Samantha Koladich, wrote some new and exciting material, and continued the never-ending process of refining and polishing its sound, all of which have combined to make the members of Cove even more ready to take the local music scene by storm.