The band toured around London for two years with Jacobsz as the vocalist, before his visa ran out and he decided to return to South Africa and start his own project with more control over the songwriting.

In June 2008, Jacobsz released his second album Stone the Crow independently, utilising high pitched vocals and layered instrument approach.

In September 2008, The Sick-Leaves recorded a cover of "Missing" by Everything but the Girl, accompanied by a black and white music video, the band's first, which was released in December 2008, and put on rotation on MK, MTV BASE, SABC 1 & 2.

In November 2009, The Sick-Leaves commenced recording of the third album, The Last Dance of The Sugar Plum Fairy, at SABC RDF M5 with producer Darryl Torr.

[3] Last Dance of The Sugar Plum Fairy consists of eleven original songs, with all instrumentation except for drums tracked by Jacobsz.

[4] The Sick-Leaves performed on 5FM's hour-long live performance show (Live)5 on 30 January, and held a media launch of the album in association with Jose Cuervo on Wednesday 24 November at a venue called Narina Trogon in Johannesburg, which included interviews for MK, youth TV channel Vuzu, and ETV's Showbiz Report amongst other radio and print media.

[5][6] In January 2011, The Sick-Leaves commenced recording of the fourth album, Breaking Away, at SABC RDF M5 with producer Darryl Torr.

[10] According to bizcommunity.com, "Jacobsz has a distinctive guitar style which is heard on all four released albums with The Sick-Leaves sound being described as classic guitar driven rock & roll with high pitched vocals and strong bass lines"[11] Both Tunnel Vision and Stone The Crow were nominated for SA Music Awards in the category of "Best Alternative Album: English", in the years 2007 and 2009 respectively.