Released first single ‘Out of My Limit’

The band attracted interest from major music labels and publishers and signed a publishing deal with Sony/ATV Music Publishing . Despite having no promotion apart from on Facebook and Twitter , their first music release, an EP titled Unplugged , reached number 3 on the iTunes chart in Australia and the Top 20 in both New Zealand and Sweden . 5 Seconds of Summer spent the second half of 2012 writing and developing their sound with Christian Lo Russo and Joel Chapman of Australian band Amy Meredith , with whom they wrote two songs (“Beside You” and “Unpredictable”) that were featured on their second EP Somewhere New . The EP was also co-produced by Chapman. The band released their first single “Out of My Limit” on 19 November 2012. The video clip received over 100,000 views within the first 24 hours. In December 2012, the band embarked on a songwriting trip to London where they wrote with various artists including McFly , Roy Stride of Scouting for Girls , Nick Hodgson of Kaiser Chiefs , Jamie Scott , Jake Gosling , Steve Robson and James Bourne of Busted .