Seven Year Sunrise is built on this idea of hope. Hope is the motivation for the band and the message behind the name. More importantly, hope is the foundation for the music. On this foundation, the band writes music with emotive melodies, dynamic guitar layers and ambitious rhythms that never loses sight of the fact that the song is king. The result is a simple and catchy new rock style that creates a vibrant musical landscape for its listeners.

Where Seven Year Sunrise developed this style was at university in Kingston, Ontario. In early 2004, Phil, Matt and Jon were living together off campus, and jamming whenever they had the chance. The guys loved playing music, but never focused their efforts on anything serious. Later that year, Jon met Curtis in a history class he was taking. After discovering their shared love of music, the two spent the rest of the lecture ignoring the professor and talking about bands, life, love, morality, and comic books.

Within the next couple of weeks, Jon invited Curtis over to jam with the other guys. There was an immediate chemistry in the room and everyone knew they had stumbled upon something special. Then Curtis stepped up to the microphone and it was sealed. The band knew they’d found their voice.

Soon thereafter, the guys threw out the table and chairs from their dining room, turned it into a permanent rehearsal space, and began writing music. Songs quickly poured out. The next few months brought shows in Kingston and Toronto, including stops at the El Mocambo and Reverb. A fan base started to grow, and the band became tighter, both on and off stage.

In August, the band went into the studio to make their first recording. The result was a three song demo that carries hints of common influences such as U2, Our Lady Peace, and Coldplay. Scream, the first song on the demo, is built on biting guitars that carry you through to a haunting melody in the chorus. Next, Return to Innocence is a driving power-ballad with punk rock roots. The last song, Can’t Wait to See You, is a love song that opens with a simple guitar line, and builds in honesty and urgency as each instrument enters.

Now in 2005, Seven Year Sunrise is preparing for a summer of gigging and doing prep work for their debut CD, which with any amount of hope, should be completed by the end of the year.