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Blank Range
Blank Range members Jonathon Childers, Matt Novotny, Grant Gustafson, and Taylor Zachry. Photo by Joey Martinez.
Blank Range members Jonathon Childers, Matt Novotny, Grant Gustafson, and Taylor Zachry. Photo by Joey Martinez.
Background information
OriginNashville, Tennessee, USA
GenresRock, Southern rock[1]
Years active2013-present
LabelsSturdy Girls Records
MembersJonathon Childers
Grant Gustafson
Matt Novotny
Taylor Zachry
Websiteblankrangemusic.com

Blank Range is an American rock band based out of Nashville, TN.[2] The band consists of singer Jonathon Childers, drummer Matt Novotny, bassist Taylor Zachry, and guitarist/singer Grant Gustafson.[3] 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.”[4]

Overview

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Blank Range has opened for Margo Price, Tyler Childers, Spoon, Alice in Chains, Drive-By Truckers, and Death Cab for Cutie.[5] Blank Range played Luck Reunion and Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in 2018. 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.[4][6][7][8] Their debut album, Marooned With the Treasure, was released in 2017 and named Best Rock Album that year by the Nashville Scene.[9] Blank Range is set to release their self-released sophomore album In Unison, on February 1st, 2019. Pittsburgh City Paper calls their new single, "Change Your Look" a raucous garage pop good time which effortlessly showcases their blistering grooves, sticky-sweet melodies, and whip-smart lyricism.[10]

Discography

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Albums

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Title Album details
MAROONED WITH THE TREASURE[1]
  • Release Date: August 2017
  • Label: Sturdy Girls Records / Thirty Tigers
IN UNISON
  • Release Date: February 2019 [11]

EPs

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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

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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

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  1. ^ a b Domenighini, Annalise. "Listen to Blank Range's Southern Rock Standout "Opening Band"". noisey. Vice. Retrieved July 14, 2017.
  2. ^ Roffman, Michael (October 6, 2014). ""HEY, GIVE IT UP FOR THESE GUYS!" SET". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
  3. ^ Colurso, Mary (June 18, 2015). "Sloss Fest 2015 lineup: Things to know about Blank Range before band's set at Birmingham festival". AL.com. Alabama Media Group. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
  4. ^ a b Moss, Marissa R (September 18, 2015). "Blank Range: Nashville's Avant-Garde Rockers". Rolling Stone. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
  5. ^ Hanks, Matt (November 16, 2018). "Blank Range - East Nashville's "Wildly Melodic" (Rolling Stone) Genre-Benders - Embrace The Differences That Bring Us Together On New Album 'In Unison' (February 1)". Sure Fire. Retrieved November 27, 2018.
  6. ^ Farrell, Margaret (November 7, 2016). "PREMIERE Stream Blank Range Vista Bent EP". Stereogum.com. Billboard Music. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
  7. ^ Menconi, David (March 19, 2017). "Lilly Hiatt, Blank Range Embody Nashville's Best at SXSW Showcase". Rolling Stone. Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
  8. ^ Redfern, Mark. "Premiere: Blank Range "No Aim" Video". UNDER THE RADAR. UNDER THE RADAR MAGAZINE. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
  9. ^ "Best Rock Album". nashvillescene.com. Retrieved November 30, 2018.Nashville Scene
  10. ^ Snowden, Jordan (November 16, 2018). "Now Streaming: #NewMusicFriday Nov. 16". Pittsburgh City Paper. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
  11. ^ WOODY. "Blank Range announce In Unison for 2/1 release". HearYa. Retrieved November 28, 2018.