About the Band

Genre Blending Indie from the Heart of Kingston

Sons of Rick are a genre blending indie band from Kingston, Ontario. A city with a music scene way bigger than its size suggests, and a place that has quietly shaped everything they do. Born out of friendship, spontaneity, and a genuine love for honest music, S.O.R. make songs that feel like a conversation between people who actually enjoy each other's company.

The band came together at St. Lawrence College, where a mutual friend's birthday request for live music sparked something none of them fully expected. What started as a one off favour quickly revealed itself as something worth sticking with. The energy was there, the chemistry was obvious, and the crowd felt it. From that night on, Sons of Rick have been a band in the truest sense: a group of friends before anything else, making music because it is what they love.

Their sound is hard to pin down, and that is entirely on purpose. Each member brings a different musical upbringing to the table, spanning indie rock, alternative, punk, pop, and beyond, and their collaborative songwriting means those influences crash into each other in unexpected ways. You will hear the melodic ease of Peach Pit, the raw energy of The Strokes, the emotional reach of Nothing But Thieves, the hard grooves of Incubus, and the swagger of Arctic Monkeys and Red Hot Chili Peppers, all filtered through something that is distinctly their own. Big solos. Even bigger choruses. Songs that move.

Their debut EP, The Basement (2025), is exactly what the name says. Three tracks written and shaped in Rick's basement, the band's original creative home. It is a document of where they started: scrappy, real, and full of the kind of energy that only comes from people playing music for the sheer joy of it. The EP captures a specific feeling, and it connected with fans and local venues alike, earning them a well attended release show at The Broom Factory in Kingston.

Their follow up single, Fuzion Frenzy (2026), was named after the classic 2000s Xbox party game the band plays together when they hang out, and that is honestly what the song is about too. That feeling of getting together with your friends, being ridiculous, and just having a genuinely great time. It came with a 2000s themed bash that filled up The Broom Factory, and showed a band expanding their sound while staying true to what makes them tick: immediacy, groove, and the feeling that everyone in the room is in on something good.

Earlier single Filter (2024) showed a more introspective, textured side of the band, hinting at their range and their willingness to go somewhere quieter when the song needs it.

Sons of Rick are still early in their story, and that is part of what makes them exciting. They are not trying to be something they are not. They write what they mean, play what they feel, and treat every show as an opportunity to pass that feeling on. The warmth, the looseness, the sense of friends making something together. If you have caught them live you already know. If you have not yet, you will.