Blank Range Announce 2017 Tour Supporting The Wild Reeds

Photo: Don Van Cleave

(Press Release) Last month,  the Nashville-based five-piece  Blank Range   released their sophomore EP titled  Vista Bent   on  Sturdy Girls Records   distributed via  Thirty Tigers. Next year, the band will hit the road with  The Wild Reeds   for a string of dates on the west coast and throughout the south. Find a full list of tour dates below and visit  www.blankrangemusic.com  for more details.

The Vista Bent  EP was premiered in its entirety by  Stereogum  who said, "The four-track collection is a country-tinged drive down the highway with whiskey-soaked vocals and plenty of steel guitar. Blunted bell clangs and lively pop rock melodies of Vista Bent make for a happy compendium of ’70s nostalgia, Nashville heartbreak, and subtle experimentation."

Stream the EP in its entirety via  Spotify  and purchase on  iTunes  and  Bandcamp. 

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Blank Range formed in Nashville in 2012 and released their debut EP  Phase II  in 2013. The band was met with great acclaim early on in their career, with  Rolling Stone  stating “It's inventive rock & roll free of prefixes and modifiers...an imaginary Lou Reed-Mac Demarco punk band, packed with so many clever, catchy riffs and rip-rolling percussion."  Consequence of Sound  said, "No idea how they captured the whole Mitch Ryder vibe, but their soulful Detroit scruff is uncanny, adding a little more fuzz to the base than, say, Merge darlings Reigning Sound...I haven’t squeezed in a Big Star comparison yet, but the way Blank Range bounce off their scales is definitely akin to Alex Chilton’s best work. Band rules."

Blank Range is comprised of  Grant Gustafson (guitar & vocals), Jonathan Childers (guitar & vocals), Matt Novotny (drums & vocals), Will Brown (keyboards) and Taylor Zachry (bass & vocals). The band features a shared musical knowledge that draws from Gustafson's jazz improvisation during his time at North Central College in Chicago and Novotny's study of Latin rhythms during his music studies major.
 
Their shared study of music gives Blank Range a wide sonic palette to draw from, and therefore, the ability to craft more refined portraits of feeling. The execution of communicating those feelings in a live setting has been crafted, in part, by members’ performances on tours playing with  Jessica Lea Mayfield,  Michael Nau  (of Cotton Jones), Quiet Life,   Jonny Fritz, and   Rayland Baxter. 
 
Find a full list of tour dates below, with additional dates to be announced in the new year.
 www.blankrange.com
www.blankrange.bandcamp.com
www.www.facebook.com/blankrangemusic
 
Tour Dates with The Wild Reeds:
2/25: Costa Mesa, CA – Wayfarer
2/26: Flagstaff, AZ – The Orpheum Theater
2/28: Santa Fe, NM – Meow Wolf
3/1: Colorado Springs, CO – The Black Sheep
3/2: Fort Collins, CO – Downtown Artery
3/3: Omaha, NE – Reverb Lounge
3/4: Iowa City, IA – The Mill
3/6: Indianapolis, IN – The Hi-Fi
3/7: St. Louis, MO – Duck Room at Blueberry Hill
3/8: Little Rock, AR – Stickyz
3/9: New Orleans, LA – Gasa Gasa
3/10: Houston, TX – The Raven Tower
3/11: San Antonio, TX – 502 Bar