Horizons

Horizons is the debut album by pop punk band Hello Sunrise.

Background
The songs on Horizons have been composed over the year of 2012. The reason why the album took so long to complete was because the band had struggled with creativitiy and there were many interruptions that impeded on their progress.

While they were writing new music for the album, the band left Cookies & Biscuits Records after it had closed down temporarily and signed with POM Records, making the album their second release on POM Records after the re-release of their EP, "Cycles".

After the ninth track was completed, the band members decided that it could not hold onto the album for any longer and agreed that nine tracks was decent enough for the album.

Name
On September 12th, 2012, Hello Sunrise created a contest where members could give suggestions for the album. The band released a statement about the contest before launching it:

"Since it's our debut release, we think we should do something special. That special thing will be about our album title. Now, it can be pretty hard to come up with a title because we want something that is presentable and is awesome. And so, we're going to let you guys name our album! There will be a contest for this soon so watch out!"

Many entries were sent in and on September 16th, 2012, Hello Sunrise chose 3 names to be voted on. The names were Horizons (suggested by Nathan), Circuits (suggested by Varangian) and Roots (suggested by Burger).

A poll was then set up and users voted for their favorite album title. The winning title was "Horizons" and so the band named their album that.

Critical Response
Horizons received positive responses upon its release. The album artwork was especially praised for its composition.