Blankslate was born four years ago in the basement storage closet of an old frat house at University of Denver.
Troughton, Condron, and Dunn originally settled on the name Blankslate because they wanted something that could grow with their evolving sound."We always wanted to have a band name, and a sound, that felt really open to interpretation. It's been cool to feel like we can make any music and make it sound like us," says Dunn.
Dunn says she finds inspiration in other bands not to emulate their sound, but because she admires their approach to making music:"Of our influences, the one that has stayed with me most is Neutral Milk Hotel. Not necessarily in their sound, but just that outsider take on music. The fluidity of their music has always really inspired me to do whatever we feel."
Drawing from folk traditions of storytelling, the album follows a cohesive coming-of-age narrative."I've always really loved concept albums, and albums with a story. It is very linear, in the tracklisting. It starts from a childhood aspect of our lives, and then works its way through college and relationships and the fallout of that, and what happens after," Dunn explains.