Mike Sniper, one Brooklyn’s ‘most mysterious musicians, is the man behind the freak-psych-electro-lo-fi project called Blank Dogs. Starting about 2 years ago, the singer/multi-instrumentalist released a steady stream of limited singles and EPs on reputable indie labels as Sacred Bones, HoZac and Woodsist. The fact that he sent a "blank" image whenever asked for a photo of the band (see here for example) definitely help build up the mystery. Sniper founded his own label Captured Tracks in 2008, through which he released a carefully-curated roster of artists that’s grown as quickly as Blank Dogs itself, including Dum Dum Girls’ debut EP and recent records by Beach Fossils, Wild Nothing and Minks. The news is that Blank Dogs has a new DIY record coming out in the fall and that according to the Sniper the "lo-fi" label won’t be applicable to his band from now on, as improvements in recording techniques and better equipment allowed clearer recording, as you can hear in the embedded track. Does that mean Blank Dogs isn’t weird anymore? No, it just means their music won’t grate your inner hear if you play it too loud. – Read a 2008 Deli interview with Blank Dogs here.
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