Things are hotting up for 5 Seconds Of Summer Sydney boy band 5 Seconds of Summer are heading in the right direction. Picture: Brianne Makin SYDNEY teens 5 Seconds Of Summer are in the sights of the world's biggest record labels after scoring the One Direction Take Me Home tour support. The band released an independent EP via iTunes last year but with the global spotlight now trained on the talented quartet, their reps will be fielding plenty of big offers to sign a recording deal for their debut album. It is believed 5SOS are keen to stay independent at this stage as they continue writing and recording in London with some of pop's biggest hitmakers. Guitarist Michael Clifford said their latest song, Heartbreak Girl, which they have given away free to fans, was co-written with Steve Robson who has worked with 1D, James Morrison, Olly Murs and Take That. "He's done heaps so that was a pretty big deal; he was the coolest dude," Clifford said. I have asked him for a bunch of stories because he did Busted and they are one of my favourite bands. The Sydney boy band have also had writing sessions with former Busted frontman James Bourne and another British pop punk band McFly. "It's been pretty cool to work with people whose music you have listened to and love," Clifford said. The band will continue recording in between the international legs of the Take Me Home tour with Clifford certain they will have the album ready for release well before the end of the year. Their chart fortunes would be assured if the album was ready to go by the time the 1D tour hits Australia in September.