Sonic Blume

Members: Max Connery - vocals/guitar/synth; Danny Murray - drums; Noah Sullivan - guitar/synth; James Waltsak - bass Established Date: 2016 Record Label: Shore Points Records Bandcamp Link: Listen on Bandcamp

Sonic Blume is an indie rock band from Asbury Park, NJ, with Max Connery on vocals/guitar/synth, Danny Murray on drums, Noah Sullivan on guitar/synth, and James Waltsak on bass.  The band formed in 2016, when the high school friends discovered they shared a mutual love of 80s inspired indie music.  They released their debut self-titled EP in late 2017, winning them the Asbury Music Award for Best New Band (under 21), with a follow up EP in 2018 “Beach Karma,” both to rave reviews, landing them on NJ.com’s Top NJ Bands to Hear in both 2019 and 2020.  They then simultaneously signed to NJ based Shore Point Records while going off to separate colleges in NYC and Philly, to study music, but keeping Sonic Blume very much alive and well, by breaking into both cities respective music scenes