Complex sentence: The band would play their first show at a backyard party in 2003, before plying their trade across the network of pubs and small venues of Sydney, picking up support slots in early 2004 with The Sleepy Jackson and Jet.
Split into simpler sentences: The band would play their first show at a backyard party in 2003, before plying their trade across the network of pubs and small venues of Sydney. They picked up support slots in early 2004 with The Sleepy Jackson and Jet.