Kicking Sunrise is an American soul/pop rock duo from Washington Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey, consisting of Joe Murphy and Mark Altamuro. They released their single "Here's to the Sunrise" on April 10, 2015 and their album Here's to the Sunrise on June 2, 2015, of which both have been featured on CBS Philadelphia, TBS for Major League Baseball coverage and TNT for the 2015 PGA Championship at Whistling Straits. Kicking Sunrise also released their EP When It's Right on January 4, 2018. History 2013–2016: Early career, Right Coast Music and Here's to the Sunrise Kicking Sunrise's first cover video featuring Justin Timberlake's Suit & Tie was released in January 2013 on YouTube and reached over 30,000 views. After receiving feedback on the video, Kicking Sunrise began composing and producing their own music. In August 2013, Kicking Sunrise performed at a block party for the independent record label, Right Coast Music. Kicking Sunrise signed to Right coast Music in March 2014. The independent record label commented after signing Kicking Sunrise: "This is a great era to be launching new music, and we are grateful for the opportunity to bring new and exciting music to the worldwide community." To get some inspiration while writing Here's to the Sunrise, Kicking Sunrise drove from Washington Township (Gloucester County), New Jersey to Huntington Beach, California and lived on the West Coast for ten months. The album took about three months to write, and is a combination of pop, hip hop and R&B. Lead singer Joe Murphy stated that, "It's a feel good, summertime beach vibe. It's chill." Kicking Sunrise released their album Here's to the Sunrise through Right Coast Music on June 2, 2015. They released one promotional single from the album: "Here's to the Sunrise" on April 10, 2015. Kicking Sunrise states that on the album, "You can expect a lot of diversity. The album has a lot of different sounds and songs but all have a core sound, where you know it's Kicking Sunrise." Kicking Sunrise released a music video of their single "Here's to the Sunrise" on Vevo in June, 2016. Kicking Sunrise also released two acoustic videos of their songs from the Here's to the Sunrise album. They released "This Life of Mine LIVE (Acoustic)" in May, 2015 and "Brand New (Acoustic)" in August, 2015. In April 2016, Kicking Sunrise was selected to perform their single "Here's to the Sunrise"