The Blank Tapes play Union Pool on June 18th and the Knitting Factory on the 19th in support of their brand new LP, Vacation, that's out now on Antenna Farm Records!
Download and share "Holy Roller" because, point blank, it's a fantastic song...
Don't miss their live sessions for All Our Noise and BreakThru Radio!
What folks are saying about Vacation:
"The Blank Tapes sound like the Archies if Lou Reed had written their songs…They are completely adorable." The New Yorker
What folks are saying about Vacation:
"The Blank Tapes sound like the Archies if Lou Reed had written their songs…They are completely adorable." The New Yorker
"I actually really liked Blank Tapes, they were kind of a bent version of 60's pop and they were really fun." NPR's All Songs Considered
"You might be forgiven for calling Adams a musical genius with his natural song writing abilities accruing to over four hundred originals rolling around between his ears." FILTER
"The melismatic harmonies recall the Beatles before they discovered acid, but the Blank Tapes' oh-so-slightly off-kilter update of the old jangly tropes should also appeal to fans of bands like the Parquet Courts and Foxygen." SPIN
"Just in time for the warm weather…" PASTE
"...the Beach Boys with a hint of Pavement, though I think the Paley Brothers, dBs, and Dwight Twilley might be equally apt comparisons." LA Record
"Their warm melodies and overall sun-kissed vibrations, particularly on tunes like "Vacation" and "Beach Party," melted the entire venue." The Bay Bridged
"Matt Adams, the brainchild behind the psychedelic trio (which includes Pearl Charles and D.A. Humphrey) continues to dispense sunny ’60s vibes…" Buzzbands LA
05.23.13 - Oakland, CA @ The New Parish05.24.13 - San Jose, CA @ Cafe Stritch
05.25.13 - Leggett, CA @ Hickey Fest
05.27.13 - Pacifica, CA @ Winter's Tavern
05.29.13 - Santa Ana, CA @ Constellation Room
05.30.13 - San Diego, CA @ The Void
05.31.13 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Satellite (Album Release Party!)
06.04.13 - Phoenix. AZ @ the Trunk Space
06.06.13 - Houston, TX @ Fitzgerald's
06.07.13 - Tulsa, OK @ The Vanguard
06.08.13 - Dallas, TX @ Bryan Street Tavern
06.09.13 - Austin, TX @ The Mohawk
06.11.13 - Kansas City, MO @ The Riot Room
06.12.13 - Chicago, IL @ Schuba's
06.13.13 - Detroit, MI @ Garden Bowl
06.14.13 - TBA
06.15.13 - Toronto, ON @ NXNE at The Cameron House
06.17.13 - Asbury Park, NJ @ The Wonder Bar
06.18.13 - Brooklyn, NY @ Union Pool
06.19.13 - Brooklyn, NY @ Knitting Factory
06.20.13 - Philadelphia, PA @ North Star Bar
06.21.13 - Arlington, VA @ IOTA
06.22.13 - Raleigh, NC @ The Pour House
06.23.13 - Asheville, NC @ The Double Crown
06.25.13 - Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
06.26.13 - Nashville, TN @ Exit/In
06.28.13 - Des Moines, IA @ Vaudeville Mews
06.29.13 - Omaha, NE @ Slowdown
06.30.13 - Denver, CO @ Hi-Dive
07.01.13 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
07.02.13 - Reno, NV @ Chapel Tavern
07.05.13 - Santa Cruz, CA @ The Crepe Place
The Blank Tapes is now and always has been Matt Adams, a soft-spoken kid from a Southern California suburb who learned to play practically every instrument a good garage band needs, and then started making beautifully idiosyncratic records on his trusty home eight-track. By the time he left his home in Orange County for San Francisco in 2005, he’d put dozens if not a hundred of his own songs on tape, all lovingly and painstakingly and perfectly recorded in a series of ever more modest bedrooms and sheds.
In SF, Adams continued on this DIY path, with a rotating cast of backing members for The Blank Tapes live band and a string of self-recorded, self-illustrated, and self-released albums, all accompanied by self-booked tours. By 2010, this approach was paying off, with a pair of surprise smash hits in Brazil, leading to his first tour outside North America. He shared bills with sci-fi garage legends Thee Oh Sees and home-taper extraordinaire R. Stevie Moore in Europe. He provided much of the soundtrack to the cult surf film ‘Stoked and Broke’ and took a stripped-down Blank Tapes to Japan to tour with the film. And he custom-wrote a special song for Burger Record’s Weiner Dog Benefit comp, doing his utmost to help a little puppy pay a vet bill.