Epyllion

Eric St-Cyr formed the band twelve34 (Cyclone Records) in 2003 with his good friend Jasen Colson, and his brother Jason St-Cyr. A pop-rock outfit, St-Cyr held back many of the harsher, dramatic songs that he had been writing. “Some of the songs I worked out just didn’t sound right with Colson’s voice, so I kept them locked away” Instead, St-Cyr kept them to himself, and the songs occasionally showed up in other projects that he was working on, but never came to fruition.

In 2008, lead singer and drummer Jasen Colson decided to retire from music, leaving the remaining members with much freedom. St-Cyr formed several bands that subsequently fell apart. Ultimately, he put himself to the test by writing 20 songs in 20 days (despite recovering from surgery) and recording demos of them. The best 11 were chosen to be on the debut album “Things Left Unsaid”, where Eric St-Cyr played every instrument and sang lead vocals, with the exception of Hitsman singing backing vocals and playing the guitar solos. “I think I was supposed to join another band and be another guitarist, but I enjoy writing songs and trying to sing them too much” said St-Cyr about the first album. The album was complete within a months time, and was given out at shows under the name “The Eric St-Cyr Band” for the remaining of 2008.

St-Cyr, realizing that naming the band after himself didnt provide the comfort of anonymity, renamed the group “Epyllion” St-Cyr then formed the group from past colleagues – recruited from their nine member supergroup “The Conservatory For The Regression of Sound” was Hitsman on guitar and vocals, and Ryan Cahill on bass. His brother Jason (twelve34) was brought on board for guitar and keys. Originally ‘The Conservatory’ drummer BJ King was on drums, but left the band due to prior commitments and was replaced by Chris Zimmerman.