Australian Circus Festival and a month-long residency at Leederville Hotel's infamous Funk Club in March 2010. During this period, members Lauren Todhunter (alto saxophone, percussion) and Jake Chaloner (electric guitar) also joined the band and Tuba player Wafi Zainal performed as a regular guest. In May 2010 the band were nominated for an award at West Australian Music Industry Awards and were asked to play at the awards night. In line with this they received their first national recognition with a demo recording of their track Dreams Do Come & Go receiving airtime on Triple J ahead of their performance at the 2010 WAMi Awards Night. On the awards night, the band won the industry nominated category Best Funk Act at the 2010 West Australian Music Industry Awards. In July 2010, Rhian Todhunter left the band with Jake and Lyndon taking on more bass and guitar duties. Later in the year in August 2010, the band won the prestigious Next Big Thing Competition which has seen acts such as John Butler, Tame Impala and Snowman rise to stardom through the competition. and to the critical acclaim from the local street press publications voicing that the band were Perth's next big thing whether they took out the title or not. During this period the band were taken on by JumpClimb Music and Management, an emerging events and management company who fell in love with the band after they played a show the team organised called Coopers Sunday Green which married the brilliant concept of lawn balls and live music. In October 2010 guitarist Jake Chaloner, not liking the continued electronic direction of the band, started making his other project playing in James Teague's band a priority before shortly leaving a few weeks later. In November 2010, the band won Best Live Act and Best Hip-Hop Act at the 2010 Perth Dance Music Awards whilst receiving Best Live Act again at the 2011 awards. Over the summer of 2010 – 2011 the band grew further in popularity with a sold out debut single launch at Subiaco, Western Australia's Llama Bar and slots on big local festivals including Southbound, Nannup Music Festival, Future Music Festival, Hyperfest (2010 & 2011) and supporting a variety of nationally and internationally touring acts including playing to a sell out crowd on New Year's Eve supporting Atlanta hip hop outfit Arrested Development. During this time the band received