Konk (album) lot in his life, and being in a band doesn't help that kind of stuff." Rafferty's departure made the band consider splitting up, but they soon reconvened with Dan Logan, formerly of Cat the Dog, a fellow Brighton band that also shared management with The Kooks. On 2 March 2008, Logan participated in a Mike Crossey-produced recording session at RAK Studios that yielded RAK, a nine-song disc that was packaged with the special edition of "Konk". "Konk" was released on 11 April 2008 and went on to debut on the UK Albums Chart at number one with first week sales
Socratic (band) Farms Studio in rural Western Massachusetts. At this time the band added Vincent D'Amico on piano which heavily influenced the band's sound. Swider left the band in May 2006 and was replaced by bassist Lou Panico. Later that year on December 5, 2006, a free 5-track EP entitled "Just Turn" was made available for download from the band's Myspace and PureVolume profiles. Their next full-length album entitled "Spread The Rumors" (produced by Mark Hoppus of blink-182 and +44) was released on May 6, 2008 and was recorded in Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker's recording studio in California. In 2010, founding