Audio Up's New Fiction Podcast Sonic Leap Premieres With Two Episodes

 AUDIO UP’S NEW SCRIPTED PODCAST SONIC LEAP PREMIERES FIRST TWO EPISODES TODAY ON SiriusXM

The volume has been turned up on fiction podcasts in the last year. For years, considered "fringe-y," fiction podcasts has attracted talent in front of and behind the mic. Recently, famous author James Patterson and the inimitable Dolly Parton collaborated on a fiction podcast. 

There's no doubt that fiction podcasts are attracting top talent.  

Witness Audio Up's new fiction podcast, Sonic Leap, just released on SiriusXM. The podcast reverberates with talent, from the writing to the acting to the music.

Sonic Leap is the completely made-up backstory of real-life rock act Hero the Band – four Atlanta-based fraternal brothers who get sent back to 1985 to “change their future and the future of music.” 

The series was created and co-written by Audio Up founder and CEO Jared Gutstadt and features original music from Gutstadt, Jeff Peters, and Hero the Band. Actor Anthony Anderson (Black-ish, Law & Order) makes his podcast acting debut in this nostalgic scripted musical series. Rap star Trippie Redd co-stars and contributes music. The series will also unlock the debut album from the Atlanta-based band, to be released on Audio Up Records. 

The album’s first single, “Might Find Love,” recently premiered on SiriusXM’s Alt Nation (ch. 36) in its Advance Placement new music showcase, and is currently in regular rotation. 

 The show’s adventure begins in 2020. Covid-19 has derailed the rising music career of Hero the Band, and these brothers Jerramy, Justin, DJ, and Nick are in a real funk. Jerramy learns he’s going to be a dad, and the band is on the verge of a breakup. 

 Out of work and out of sync, the brothers receive an invitation to record in the vintage studio of Leo James, a mysterious music aficionado. Upon visiting their father’s grave, the brothers decide to pay a visit to Leo at his studio.  Once they plug in and record, Hero The Band find themselves hurtling towards the past. They arrive in 1985 and walk out of Leo’s studio into a very different world.

 In episode two, lost and confused in 1985, Hero The Band explore their hometown Decatur. A chance meeting with their teenage mother, Holly, lands them back in high school, where they seek out the music teacher, a young Leo James.  A music room jam session catches the attention of bad boy rich kid Cade Hill - played by Trippie Redd - who hires them to play his epic house party Saturday night. Leo then introduces the boys to a shy baseball star and guitar whiz by the name of Willie Barnett, their long-lost father - played by Blanco Brown.