Bands such as The Zombies, The Beatles, Beach Boys and Pink Floyd. While the group has come to cherish these inspirations, With Sound of Sinning they started venturing beyond, to the groups that were inspiring those soul acts to embrace the psychedelic sound of the 60's and 70's.
With the new album, Sound of Sinning (Apon Transistor Sound Records), the band has grown in all areas of record making and felt a need to explore other important in- fluences. The 2012 release of Monophonics last album In Your Brain saw the band pulling influences from such acts as early Funkadelic, Sly and The Family Stone and the The Temptation's Norman Whitfield produced records. Holding on to tradition, but by no means purists of any kind, they play their own brand of music known as “Psychedelic Soul.” Raised amid the rich musical culture and history of the San Francisco Bay Area, Monophonics proudly carry the torch through the generations into today’s musical landscape. – Al Bell (Record producer, songwriter, executive, and co-owner of legendary Stax Records)
“One of the best live soul bands I have ever seen!”
