Blank Range

Blank Range
Blank Range members Matt Novotny, Jonathon Childers, Grant Gustafson and Taylor Zachry. Photo by Don VanCleave
Background information
Origin Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Genres Rock
Years active 2013-present
Labels Sturdy Girls Records
Website blankrangemusic.com
Members Jonathon Childers
Grant Gustafson
Matt Novotny
Taylor Zachry

Blank Range is an American rock band based out of Nashville, TN, although three out of four musicians grew up in Northern Illinois.[1] The band consists of singer Jonathon Childers, drummer Matt Novotny, bassist Taylor Zachry, and guitarist/singer Grant Gustafson.[2] Rolling Stone magazine describes their sound as a “magical combination of dissonant, Pavement-esque and pavement-ready garage rock & roll with a keen grasp of how to make it all wildly melodic — thanks to super-sticky riffs, restrained psychedelia and a sense of composition that's restless, surprising and pretty fearless.”[3]

Overview

Blank Range has opened for Death Cab for Cutie, Spoon, The Mountain Goats, Two Gallants, Alice in Chains and the Drive-By Truckers.[4][5] Blank Range uses amped-up guitars, steel-guitar atmospherics, complex subtle percussion additions, and vocal harmonies to produce textured music with qualities of blues, Americana, ’70s nostalgia, Nashville heartbreak, and psychedelic country-rock.[3][6][7][8] Although details have yet to be confirmed, the Nashville Scene said "Blank Range put on a set at Maggie Mae’s [SXSW] Friday night that hinted that the psychedelic country-rock troupe — which boasts some of the best players from this Music City — has one helluva record they’re gonna drop later this year”, indicating their first full-length record will be released in 2017.[9]

Discography

Albums

Title Album details
MAROONED WITH THE TREASURE [10]
  • Release Date: August 2017
  • Label: Sturdy Girls Records / Thirty Tigers

EPs

Title Album details
PHASE II
  • Release Date: April 2013
  • Label: Sturdy Girls Records
VISTA BENT
  • Release Date: November 11, 2016
  • Label: Sturdy Girls Records

Singles

Title Album details
Scrapin/Before I Go To Sleep
  • Release Date: November 2013
  • Label: Sturdy Girls Records
No Aim
  • Release Date: May 2017
  • Label: Sturdy Girls Records

References

  1. ↑ Roffman, Michael. ""HEY, GIVE IT UP FOR THESE GUYS!" SET". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  2. ↑ Colurso, Mary. "Sloss Fest 2015 lineup: Things to know about Blank Range before band's set at Birmingham festival". AL.com. Alabama Media Group. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  3. 1 2 Moss, Marissa R. "Blank Range: Nashville's Avant-Garde Rockers". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  4. ↑ James, Falling. "Two Gallants, Blank Range". LA Weekly. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  5. ↑ "The Mountain Goats, Blank Range". Orlando Weekly. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  6. ↑ Farrell, Margaret. "PREMIERE Stream Blank Range Vista Bent EP". Stereogum.com. Billboard Music. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  7. ↑ Menconi, David. "Lilly Hiatt, Blank Range Embody Nashville's Best at SXSW Showcase". Rolling Stone. Rolling Stone. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  8. ↑ Redfern, Mark. "Premiere: Blank Range "No Aim" Video". UNDER THE RADAR. UNDER THE RADAR MAGAZINE. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  9. ↑ Gold, Adam. "From Garth to Punks, Artists Played for the Love of the Game at SXSW 2017". Nashville Scene. Nashville Scene. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  10. ↑ Domenighini, Annalise. "Listen to Blank Range's Southern Rock Standout "Opening Band"". noisey. Vice. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
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