The two founding members, guitarist & vocalist Tim Steers and bassist Alex Mustard, met while studying.

The addition of lead guitarist Daniel Reese and drummer William Page made the band a four-piece.

[3] The Lookie Loos stopped all shows once again when bassist Alex Mustard suffered a severe injury to his left hand.

After a short hiatus, the band resumed performing with the help of Adam Page, bassist for Sunny Tokyo, to play in Mustard's absence.

[4] The Lookie Loos wrote, recorded and engineered their debut EP, Timing Is Everything over a 3-month period at the Waikato Institute of Technology.