Sonic Spank

Home Sweet Home

admin — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:45:14 +0000

We’re excited to be back in Philly for a throwback show to a place we used to play years ago, The M Room. This is our first Philly show with Sonic Spank 3.0 featuring Dave Palan (bass) & new addition Jeremy Worthington (drums). Joining us will be Philly’s own Philadelphia Funk Hustle.

Out with the Old and in with the New…

admin — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 18:43:33 +0000

It has been beyond a pleasure to work with Scotty (Scrit Scrat, Scrittles, Slap Shot, Scott) Zwang for the past 3 years. Scotty transformed Sonic Spank into a band, brought our songs to life and blew our minds with his wealth of pop music knowledge. And jeez, he destroyed the drum kit every show.

Scotty has decided to leave the band and peruse other musical opportunities and he will be greatly missed. Sonic Spank will still continue to overload your senses as a quartet with new drummer, Jeremy Worthington formerly of Bodega. This kid brings an entirely different tidal wave of energy to Spank. See for yourself and listen to our recent show at The Church in Boston. It’s only Jeremy’s second show with us…

Press Release 11/20/12: new member, new show

admin — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 19:38:43 +0000

The management team for Sonic Spank is proud to announce the band’s new member, bass player Dave Palan. Dave has spent years on the Philly scene as a sought-after live and session bassist, playing with an array of musicians including Fathead, Alo Brasil & Blivit and the band is excited to be adding his talents and experience into the mix. After taking Dave on the road for a solid month of touring west to Chicago and as far south as Miami it was clear that Dave was the right choice.  

Now as a four-piece band Sonic Spank is ready to return home to Philly on December 1st at Underground Arts, 1200 Callowhill Street with a fresh sound featuring new music from their recent album DRAMA.  

DRAMA is a departure from dominant trends in electronic dance music and features some of the strongest, most accessible songwriting Sonic Spank has produced yet. The album features a host of guest bassists from such heavy-hitting jam-electronic acts as Brothers Past, The Disco Biscuits and Lotus to name just a few.  

After 3 years of evolution, Sonic Spank has tapped into something entirely different with DRAMA. Laptop and vocoder effects have been abandoned for live bass guitar, human voice and more personal songwriting. Drama’s songs are rooted in the real-life struggles of passionate relationships. With songs drawn from band members’ break ups, changing relationships, confusions between love and lust and even emotional breakdowns, Sonic Spank is exploring new territory with a completely new sound and direction. Yes, audiences will still rock out at shows, but Drama offers anthems that take the Spank live experience to a whole new level as the band’s first true concept album.

 Singles “Quality Time” and “Maybe This Is What I Need”, now available or free online, have racked up major listens since its release. DRAMA was mixed by PJ Geissinger (a.k.a Starkey) 

Please visit http://sonicspank.bandcamp.com/ to hear DRAMA, the new album from Sonic Spank. If you need more information about the band, additional promo material or to set up an interview, please contact:  

Forrest Chess 
(203) 856-0469
forrest@sonicspank.com

http://www.sonicspank.com/
 http://www.facebook.com/sonicspank 
http://twitter.com/sonicspank  

Sonic Spank @ Underground Arts 
Saturday December 1st, 2012 
1200 Callowhill St. Philadelphia, Pa 
21+ $8 cover 9pm-2am

  YouTube Video Previews:
 “Quality Time” feat. Marc Brownstein Video
 “Maybe This is What I Need” feat. Clay Parnell

Philly 12/01/12 @ Underground Arts

admin — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 19:58:09 +0000

we will be playing a brand new venue in philly on dec. 1st, Underground Arts. this place is really cool and we’re excited to be playing at a new place in our home town. after months of touring and gelling with new bass player, Dave Palan, our sound has developed into something totally different. support to be announced soon, keep the date open on your calendar. tickets available now: tickets

New Album “Drama” available 9/18

admin — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 06:05:36 +0000

While Philadelphia’s Sonic Spank has only been around since 2009, the band has gone through major changes musically. At first Spank was a dynamic duo featuring Benjamin Karp and Ian McGuire combining synthesizers, guitar, laptop samples and extremely dirty song subjects (“Crygasm”, “Lick It From Behind”, “Bukaki-Maki”). As drummer Scotty Zwang and vocoder lyrics were later added, the overall sound became more complex, yet still sounding very produced and robotic. After 3 years of change, the latest evolution of Sonic Spank has tapped into something entirely different. Computers and vocoder have been abandoned for live bass guitar, human voice and more personal songwriting. Spank’s latest album titled DRAMA (mixed by PJ Geissinger aka ) showcases these elements along with the band’s first attempt at not just a full length album, but more importantly a concept album. After spending so much time focusing on stirring the sexual energy in the audience, Sonic Spank has attempted to concentrate on connecting with deeper emotions that pretty much anyone can relate to…the struggle of passionate relationships. Through composing an album based off of band member’s personal situations involving break ups, relationship status changes, confusion of love/lust and emotional break downs, Sonic Spank has explored new territory with a completely new sound. Yes, audiences will still rock out at shows, but now the band offers anthems that will take their live experience to an entirely bigger level. Enjoy the ride.

Track Listing:
1. Butterflies feat. Paul Weinstein
2. Not There feat. David Palan
3. Regret feat. Jesse Miller
4. Maybe This Is What I Need feat. Clay Parnell
5. Spread Your Legs feat. Johnny Fissinger
6. She Fades Away feat. Jason Fraticelli
7. Interlude feat. Paul Weinstein
8. It’s You, Not Me(Part 1) feat. Paul Weinstein
9. It’s You, Not Me(Part 2) feat. Paul Weinstein
10. Now You Get What You Came For feat. Matt Keppler
11. Feeling Lucky feat. Matt Keppler
12. Quality Time feat. Marc Brownstein
13. Outro

Quaility Time feat. Marc Brownstein Video- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37PLN-m9dBc
Maybe This is What I Need feat. Clay Parnell- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogZgGmvMr3A

Tour dates:
9/14/12-Williamsport,PA
9/15/12-Philly w/Lotus, Ghostland Observatory, Mimosa, Michal Menert
9/18/12-Charlottesville,VA
9/19/12-Chapel Hill,NC
9/20/12-Athens,GA w/ The Malah
9/26/12-Jacksonville,FL
9/27/12-Dunedin,FL
9/29/12-Lake Worth,FL
9/30/12-Delray Beach,FL
10/3/12-Raleigh,NC
10/4/12-Charleston,WV
10/5/12-Plano,IL(Euphorest aka Deranged Festival)
10/6/12-Evansville,IN
10/7/12-Chicago,IL w/ The Coop
10/9/12-Lexington,KY
10/11/12-Louisville,KY
10/12/12-Cincinnati,OH

New Dates with Clay Parnell on bass

admin — Sat, 05 May 2012 16:57:18 +0000

So we’ve been working on a bunch of brand new music and are excited to debut some of it with the amazing Clay Parnell of Brothers Past and Biodiesel fame on bass guitar. I know, sick! Not only are we experimenting as a quartet, but we also have been experimenting without the vocoder and with our actual vocal chords. we have 4 new dates coming up in the next two weeks:

Thursday, May 10 @ Club Metronome, Burlington, VT
Friday, May 11 @ The Press Room, Asbury Park, NJ
Friday, May 18 @ Stella Blues, New Haven, CT (feat. Clay Parnell on bass)
Saturday, May 19 @ Uphoria Festival, Millerton, NY (feat. Clay Parnell on bass)

First Headlining Tour

admin — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:33:56 +0000

We have a ton of new dates to announce over the course of February & March that can be found on the Tour page. We’re doing a 3 day run with Biodiesel in early February and then embarking on our first real Headlining Tour of the East Coast, starting in the Northeast and ending at AURA Music Festival in St Cloud, Florida. The tour will be supported by DVS but Silo Effect from Richmond, VA will also be joining us on several dates.

New Shows

admin — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:54:06 +0000

We have some new shows to announce. This tuesday, November 1st we will be doing a special show with former MJ Project bassist Paul Weinstein and his new project Chipocrite. He will be joining us to play bass for a final set and we will break out some old songs, new songs and choice covers that will take you back.

The following week we will be in NYC supporting Future Rock at the Gramercy Theatre Thursday, November 10.

The night before Thanksgiving we will be doing a set at Triumph Brewing Co. in Old City as part of Cheltenham Class of 2001′s 10 year reunion.

And finally, December 28th we will be supporting the New Deal at the TLA in Philly as part of their “Farewell Tour”. This should be outrageous.

Don’t forget to check out the new album at www.sonicspank.bandcamp.com

Setlists & Sextapes is finally here!

admin — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 17:16:04 +0000

The wait is over. Our brand new Live album, “Setlists & Sextapes, vol.1: Live in Athens, GA” is finally available for FREE download (sonicspank.bandcamp.com). Recorded live at New Earth Music Hall 5/17/11, this disc captures our sound at a pivotal point in our still early growth as a band. After extensive touring up and down the east coast through march & april, we took another trip down to a few select spots down south and caught this gem on tape. We really hope you enjoy it.

To support this special release, we’re heading to Charlottesville tomorrow, VA Beach thursday & Richmond next Saturday as part of Shock-o-Ball w/ Conspirator & Eclectic Method. Tomorrow is a FREE Trey Anastasio Band afterparty at Rapture where we will have tons of new copies of the CD as well as other new merch that can be found at the new Sonic Spank Merch page (www.sonicspank.com/merch).

We will also be in Philly Tuesday, November 1st at Silk City with our good friend and former MJ Project bandmate Chipocrite.

Stay tuned for more dates and big 2012 releases and touring.

Fall Tour with Papadosio

admin — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:06:42 +0000

Sonic Spank is pleased to be supporting Papadosio on a portion of their fall tour. We will be playing with them from September 8-17 hitting a bunch of venues we’ve never played before. Check the Tour dates for more details.