The Conways' previous group, Rubycon, were formed in 2007 as an indie and alternative rock band when Reuben Styles (bass guitar) joined.
After entering the 2007 National Campus Band Competition, Rubycon came in second place behind, Will Stoker and the Embers, gaining a large fan base in their home town of Canberra, and Australia-wide.
[5] In 2014 Slow Turismo released two singles, "Breathe" and "Thunderstorm"[1] followed by a five-track self-titled extended play in July 2015,[6] which Ian McCarthy of BMA Magazine previewed, "with an infantry of blissfully intricate indie-pop tunes and some of the tightest, most fun live performances.
"[3] "Falter" was their follow up single later that year, with Susie Garrard of Happy observing, "[it] does quite the opposite of its namesake and seems to move purposefully forward with all the hallmarks of a band growing in confidence and maturity.
[8] Slow Tourismo won the Triple J Unearthed competition for a performance slot at Groovin' the Moo festival in Canberra in 2017.