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Los Angeles band Sure Sure is as confident in their frisky art-pop melodies as their name suggests—and they've come a long way since their college days playing campus parties. Keyboardist and singer Chris Beachy and guitarist and singer Charlie Gick began writing and playing music together as freshmen at Stanford University in 2009. After graduation, they headed south to L.A. and connected with drummer Kevin Farzad and producer Michael Coleman to round out the band. The quartet then began writing, recording, and producing in their own makeshift home studio. 

By 2016, they released their ‘Songs from 2014' EP, featuring smooth indie-pop tracks like "Okinawa" and "Suadade," which evoke My Morning Jacket at their calmest and coolest. The band quickly started gaining traction in the local music scene and online, where warm, harmony-rich tracks like "New Biome" began racking up streams. They would soon find themselves all over the blogosphere with oddball funk grooves like "Hands Up Head Down" and a faithful, sunny cover of Talking Heads' infectious art-pop gem "This Must Be the Place." 

Several more singles would follow, including groovy, woozy piano-led jams such as "Koreatown" and "Friends," both of which would eventually land on their 2018 self-titled full-length debut. The album highlights their light, boisterous sounds, all which belie a deep and dark undercurrent. Sure Sure's feel-good melodies and sweet harmonies are often pierced with evocative, sometimes heartbreaking lyrics—think David Byrne's poppy eccentricities mixed with Grizzly Bear's haunting harmonies and Vampire Weekend's punchy melodies. In fact, members of the latter two bands have even confessed their own love for Sure Sure. And just like those artists, the group brings a preciseness and playfulness to the stage that's fun and infectious. In 2018, they set off for their first national headline tour of the U.S., performed on the ESPY Awards' Red Carpet, and then headed back out on the road in the fall with fellow indie rockers Wilderado.