Blank Paper have released the next single,
"Whip" from their self-titled, Blank Paper EP. "Whip" is about
how technology and smart devices has in some ways become our "whip"
so to speak. Nothing too serious, the song is definitely one of their more
lighthearted and playful tracks. BlankPaper is a Brooklyn-based Synth-Pop Quartet comprised of Marie Kim, Taylor
Bense, Cory Sterling, and Chris Holdridge. The group is the result of four
eclectic and distinctive musical backgrounds that have come together to produce
playfully melodic and dance friendly, yet dark synth-pop music. The band
originated in NYC in 2012 and released their debut EP, Tape Dreams in
early 2013.
Several
years prior to the release of the first Blank Paper EP, the quartet met and
became friends in college. Taylor Bense, at the time a session guitarist and
songwriter, invited Marie Kim to start singing on his compositions and write
together. Taylor, Chris Holdridge and Cory Sterling had a band together, and
Marie her own. After these projects disbanded, the four of them naturally came
together to write and perform, sharing their passion for feel-good music with a
darker edge.
Artists
like Kavinsky, Little Dragon, The Knife, and The Gorillaz inspire their sound,
but the band’s originality and musicianship take Blank Paper to a new level of
innovation within the pop context. A rarity in electronic synth-heavy music,
their live show is completely free of laptops and backing tracks.