HEARTPLAY was founded by Sakari Salli and Kimmo Blom in 1997 and it took four years to produce the first album, cleverly titled "The Album". HEARTPLAY achieved success in Finland when many radio stations have played the song "I'll be your shelter". Also a music video was shot by director Jyri Kähönen and the band made a live appearance in the pop music show "Jyrki".

After the release of "The Album", the band took a break as all members had other interesting projects going on. Sakari Salli started composing music for films, tv series and commercials; Kimmo Blom recorded great music with the AOR gurus URBAN TALE; Kalle Torniainen established himself as a top producer in Finland and Simo toured and recorded an album with his incredibly successful band Jean S. Tuomas Wäinölä was touring with the very popular band NYLON BEAT.

But last spring something happened, the band did not expect - there was an urgent need for making music with HEARTPLAY again coming up from the shadows of the northern lights.

Sakari Salli has been composing new songs in the past few years and now Kimmo Blom takes care of the lyrics for these songs. So this time the album is a strong cooperation between band members when it comes to song writing.

The new album "Where The Deadends Meet" can be described more as Westcoast rather than a hard rock album. Strong songs featuring the incredible vocal performance of Kimmo Blom and the extraordinary guitar ability make this album a highlight.