2010–2012: early years and Blank Banshee 0 In 2010, Patrick Driscoll and vocalist Curtis "Cormorant" Ferguson (who had both previously been members of the band
Shinjuku Mad) began performing live as
"Blank Banshees". In April 2011,
Blank Banshees were featured performers on the
Electro East Stage of the annual Canadian
East Coast Music Awards. where he released his debut solo album
Blank Banshee 0 shortly thereafter. The production style of Blank Banshee 0 dubbed "vaportrap" helped bring
vaporwave to prominence in the 2010s. "Teen Pregnancy", a track from
Blank Banshee 0 was received with acclaim, featuring in a 2016
viral video named "S U N D A Y S C H O O L" posted by YouTube by editor Lucien Hughes, popularizing a phenomenon known as
Simpsonwave and again in a 2020
TikTok trend.
2013–2017: Blank Banshee 1 and Mega Following the release of
Blank Banshee 0, Driscoll began work on his second album,
Blank Banshee 1, released October 20, 2013.
The Fader called
Blank Banshee 1 "a masterwork of the new digital
psychedelia" A 2016
Esquire article cited Blank Banshee's musical style on
Blank Banshee 1 as an example of the "direction that vaporwave has moved in, where the trap beat is emphasized and the political edge blunted". In 2014, Driscoll began work on his third studio album,
Mega, in
Vancouver where he is based as of 2016. The album was released October 20, 2016.
COMPLEX named
Mega the "best release from the [Blank Banshee] project yet". In 2017 he embarked on "
The MEGA Tour" a 34 date tour spanning Europe and North America.
2019–2021: Metamorphosis and Gaia After announcing new music in January 2019, Driscoll returned to Europe in May for "The Metamorphosis Tour", which was followed by the release of an 18-minute "
extended single" called
Metamorphosis on June 20, 2019.
Metamorphosis was released on all major streaming platforms and received a limited run on cassette tape. In addition to its original format, a download-only version featuring 15 individual tracks called
Metamorphosis: Extracted was released. The same 15 tracks were also released as a collection of
MIDI files called
MIDImorphosis. On January 1, 2020, the upcoming release of a 4th studio album was confirmed by Driscoll via Twitter. On October 20, he tweeted a short promotional video subsequently confirming
Gaias November 30 release date. The album was released on vinyl, cassette and all major streaming platforms on November 30, 2020, along with a dedicated web page containing additional promotional media. Gaia was supported by
Chaos Disc, a series of six animated music videos released throughout 2021.
2022–present: Music for Menus and 4D A new Blank Banshee project entitled
Music for Menus was released February 22, 2022. On July 1, 2023, the blankbanshee.com website was updated sending visitors to a page containing a snippet of the track
Time Thief, and displayed an automated toll-free phone number that played additional snippets when dialed. On August 1, 2023, Driscoll announced the release of the album
4D on August 20, 2023, along with an accompanying
4D Tour beginning in early October of that year. == Discography ==