“I guess we’ve been definitely enjoying [touring] because we’re still in that new band phase where like we’ve been enjoying everything,” he says. “Because it’s not like anything we’ve ever done in our lives so everything on tour has been amazing.”
With the ink to the recent deal with Ivy League Records having now dried, the first port of call was to set an official release date for Sures debut EP, Stars. “We’re really excited about it,” says Jonas when asked about the new partnership. The deal with Ivy League Records has meant that the young band will finally get to release Stars into the world and Jonas and his band mates couldn’t be happier. “Just seeing [the EP] get released properly and to see how it does – and touring on it should be fun.”
The tour he speaks of will see the Sydney locals travelling far and wide to all parts of the country. The Melbourne leg will see Sures stop in at The Northcote Social Club; a venue that the band has already had the pleasure of playing a couple of times previously. “Yeah we played with the Rubens,” remembers Jonas of their last visit. “We did a few shows there, it was cool.”
Not only have all the touring and festival slots been a dream come true for a young group like Sures, it’s also helped them to hone their individual musicianship as well as their overall sound. “Yeah, none of us were that good of musicians before we starting gigging,” admits Jonas candidly. “So we kind of learnt everything, the musical side of it, just through playing shows over the last few months.”
In between all the touring, the band hasn’t been idle. Instead they have been busily preparing for their next release. Already armed with a ton of new songs, the plan is to get back into the recording studio to track their debut album as soon as possible. “Even with our EP and everything to do with that, there has just been ongoing writing,” says Jonas. “So we weren’t like, ‘All right, now we’re going to start writing for an album,’ we’ve just always been writing a heap of songs and I guess the idea is that with this album especially, it’s the next step for us.”
As a result of the countless hours the band has been spent on stage and on the road of late, the dynamics between the four members has come a long way from the days they were penning the songs for Stars. Now having been together for a decent amount of time, Sures have started to reap the benefits and this has led to a stronger belief in their song writing ability. “All these songs were written after we started getting attention from industry people and started going on tours,” says Jonas. “So when we started doing that we got confidence in our song writing to progress and to try new things so to have that confidence to write more of your own stuff and progress.”
For Sures, the end result has seen the band mature and develop their song writing craft, an important step as they prepare for the bands next phase. “The new material is different; a different direction, maybe more of a progression,” says Jonas. “Yeah, progression is the right word I think.”
Right now, the future for Sures couldn’t be any brighter. If 2011 seemed a big year for them, 2012 seems destined to be even bigger. “I think generally, we’re in that new band phase, just write as many songs as possible, play a few shows and just enjoy the whole ride I guess.”
BY JAMES W NICOLI
