LISTEN: Sures – ‘Waste’

Sydney band Sures came to our ears in 2011, then resurfaced again in March last year with the EP Stars – a slickly produced collection of surf rock tunes with bubblegum melodies that sounded a helluva lot like the Drums. Fittingly, Sures went on to support acts like Wavves and Vampire Weekend, they signed with Ivy League and now they’ve got a follow-up EP in the works.

New single ‘Waste’ is more Surfer Blood than Best Coast, the band setting aside the 60s-girl-group inspiration and teen-heart-throb vocals for something a bit heavier. It feels like there’s a lot of anger behind this track, which opens with the line ‘I don’t know what to do but I can tell that you’ve been wasting my time’. Tension builds throughout, as elements accumulate and the melodic motif circles, releasing emphatically in the song’s furious final third with a shouted refrain backed by insistent drumming, the fuzzed out guitar growing louder and louder. Exhausting itself in under three minutes, ‘Waste’ is a satisfying ride for anyone with some baggage to discard.

‘Waste’ is available now through iTunes, and Sures’ new EP is due out on 23 August. In the meantime, Sydneysiders can catch Sures at the Standard with Glass Towers on Friday, 16 August.

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