Meet… Sonic Blume

Written By Mike Greenblatt
Sonic Blume

Call it Asbury Park Alt-Pop. Max Connery (vocals/guitar/synthesizer), Noah Sullivan (guitar/synthesizer) and James Waltsack (bass) are, collectively, Sonic Blume. The band was hatched in 2016 as musically-curious high school students, then bloomed out of the shore like American Beachgrass. Their combined love of sumptuous ‘80s synth-pop galvanized them to create their own. Their ironically-entitled All Your Favorite Songs (Shore Points Records), recorded at Lakehouse Recording Studios in Asbury Park, influenced by Third Eye Blind, came out last November. It features the single, “Rocky & I,” which they made into the big-budget video below filmed on Long Beach Island with a cast of thousands. A tour is in the works.   

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Mike Greenblatt

MIKE GREENBLATT has been writing for Goldmine magazine and New Jersey's Aquarian Weekly for more than 35 years. His writing subjects fill the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

He's interviewed Joe Cocker, Graham Nash, David Crosby, Carlos Santana, Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, Johnny Cash, and members of The Rolling Stones and The Beatles. He was 18 when he attended Woodstock in 1969.

In addition to writing about music, Greenblatt has worked on publicity campaigns for The Animals, Pat Benatar, Johnny Winter, Tommy James and Richard Branson, among others. He is currently the editor of The Jersey Sound.

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