Artist of the Day | SEVEN MILE SUN
ARTIST OF THE DAY
09.11.2020
SEVEN MILE SUN
LOCATION
Saskatoon, SK
GENRE
Rock
CURRENT MEMBERS
Kevin Stevens
Kimberley Stevens
Joanne Genest
With the current pandemic, the state of the music and touring industry has dramatically changed. Where were you when everything was brought to a halt?
We actually had played our last gig a few weeks before everything came to a halt, and had just announced a temporary hiatus. Our drummer Kimberley was travelling in South East Asia/Australia when all this hit in March. Thankfully, she came home in a hurry.
How has that affected your plans for the coming months? Did you have a tour planned, upcoming album release?
We were planning to release our first 6 song EP this summer, but put it on hold. We were hopeful for a big release party, and potentially a small tour to promote it. We released our first 2 singles from the EP in May and June (Can’t Compromise and The Ride) and the full EP will now be available in December. We can’t wait any longer to get this material out for you guys to hear!
What have you been doing to fill/make the most of your new-found free time at home?
We’ve chosen to focus more on writing and evolving as a group. Creating our own style and sound. Fortunately, we have been able to maintain our jobs outside of music throughout the pandemic as Kevin is a farmer, Kimberley is a nurse, and Joanne does basically everything: owns and operates the Harris grocery store/bakery, caters, runs the post-office, manages transportation logistics, etc. She’s amazing! Not much free time for her.
What was the first thing you did/place you went to now the country is starting to slowly re-open?
We were all just pumped to get back to our local watering holes!
Favourite Starlite Room Moment?
We are hoping our favourite Starlite Room moment will be when Seven Mile Sun blows the roof off the building!!
Do you have a message for everyone at home reading this?
Do your best to keep supporting local artists, and the venues that give us a place to showcase our music. We can’t imagine a life without live music and we’re sure you can’t either!
SEVEN MILE SUN
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