Blake Harnage

Blake Preston Harnage (born November 26, 1988) is an American songwriter, music producer, multi-instrumentalist and composer. He has written, produced, engineered, mixed or performed on songs for Versa, PVRIS, Hands Like Houses, All Time Low, With Beating Hearts, and others.

Blake Harnage
Harnage performing at Warped Tour in 2010
Background information
Birth name	Blake Preston Harnage
Born	(1988-11-26) November 26, 1988 (age 35) Florida, United States
Genres	Alternative rock, experimental rock, pop, film score
Occupation(s)	Songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist, composer
Instrument(s)	Guitar, vocals, keyboards
Years active	2005–present
Labels	Fueled By Ramen
Formerly of	Versa

Life and career

Harnage was born in Stuart, Florida. Immersed in music throughout his childhood, he has grown up under the influence of many musical styles. Starting guitar at a young age, Harnage has also received classical voice training. At age 14, Blake's first group performed locally, highlighting his blues guitar improvisation. Throughout high school, he played with various post-hardcore bands before starting VersaEmerge in 2006.

Versa and VersaEmerge

Main article: VersaEmerge

In 2007, Harnage founded the experimental rock band VersaEmerge with singer Sierra Kay in Port St. Lucie, Florida. Harnage and Kusterbeck began creating music under the simplified name Versa in 2013.^[1] Departing from the band's previously energetic rock sound, Versa showcases deep electronic and atmospheric sounds.

Producing

Blake Harnage has done production on many releases including VersaEmerge's 2012 release Another Atmosphere Preview EP, as well as the more recent release from Versa - Neon EP.^[2] In 2013, Harnage began work on debut album from PVRIS entitled White Noise.^[3] He and PVRIS vocalist Lynn Gunn completed the writing and recording of White Noise at his home studio in Port Saint Lucie, Florida, and at a former church-turned recording studio in Utica, New York.^[4] Harnage contributed to Hands Like Houses' 2016 album Dissonants as a writer and engineer.^[5] In 2017 Harnage produced PVRIS' sophomore album All We Know of Heaven, All We Need of Hell.^[6]

Harnage has also worked with artists such as All Time Low^[7] and Minke.^[8]

Composing

In 2014, Harnage composed a piece for the independent documentary film Of Many, produced by Chelsea Clinton. Premiering at the 2014 TriBeCa Film Festival, the film examined struggles between the Jewish and Muslim communities. In addition to TriBeCa, the film was also screened at the 2014 AFI DOCS Film Festival, a special event at the United Nations and more.

Discography

Singles

List of singles showing year, album, and artist

Year	Title	Artist(s)	Album	Credited as
2020	"You Broke Me First"	Tate McRae	Too Young to Be Sad	Producer and Mixing Artist
2017	"Dirty Laundry"	All Time Low	Last Young Renegade	Producer
	"Good Times"			Producer
2017	"What's Wrong"	Pvris	All We Know of Heaven, All We Need of Hell	Producer
	"Heaven"			Producer
2016	"Degrees of Separation"	Hands Like Houses	Dissonants	Co-writer

Non-singles

List of non-single tracks showing year, album, and artist

Year	Title	Artist(s)	Album	Credited as
2018	"Turn"	The Wombats	Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life	Co-writer
	"Tell Me"	Somme	Somme	Co-writer
2017	"Last Young Renegade"	All Time Low	Last Young Renegade	Producer
	"Nice2KnoU"
	"Life of the Party"
	"Nightmares"
	"Dark Side of Your Room"
	Ground Control" (featuring Tegan and Sara)
2016	"Motion Sickness"	Hands Like Houses	Dissonants	Co-writer

Albums

List of albums featuring by Blake Harnage

Year	Album	Artist(s)	Credited	Refs.
2019	The Tearoom March 6, 2019 Label: n/a	Minke	Producer, writer	[9]
2017	Last Young Renegade Released on: June 2, 2017 Label: Fueled by Ramen	All Time Low	Producer	[10]
	All We Know of Heaven, All We Need of Hell Released on: August 25, 2017 Label: Rise Records/Velocity	Pvris	Producer	[11]
2016	Dissonants Released on: 26 February 2016 Label: Rise Records/UNFD	Hands Like Houses	Engineer	[12]
2015	Collide Released:	Colleen D'Agostino	Producer
2014	The Wolves February 4, 2014 Label: Mau5trap	Colleen D'Agostino	Producer	[13]
	White Noise Released on: November 4, 2014 Label: Rise Records/Velocity	Pvris	Producer	[14]
2013	Paris Acoustic EP Released on: March 26, 2013 Label: Self-released	Pvris	Producer	[15]

Versa

Main article: Versa_(band) § Discography

Studio albums with Versa

Fixed at Zero (2010)

EPs with Versa

Year	Album
2007	Cities Built on Sand Released as VersaEmerge: November 11, 2007 Label: Self-released
2008	Perceptions Released as VersaEmerge: July 2, 2008 Label: Self-released
2009	VersaEmerge Released as VersaEmerge: February 3, 2009 Label: Fueled by Ramen
2011	Live Acoustic Released as VersaEmerge: August 23, 2011 Label: Fueled by Ramen
2012	Another Atmosphere Preview Released as VersaEmerge: July 31, 2012 Label: Fueled by Ramen
2014	Neon Released: January 21, 2014 Label: Self-released

References

1. "In the summer of 2012". versaemergemusic.com. Archived from the original on January 26, 2016. Retrieved December 31, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
2. "Blake Harnage: Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved February 4, 2015.
3. "A bigger sound and big plans for electro-rockers PVRIS - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
4. "PVRIS Went Through Hell To Bring You This Album". Kerrang!. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
5. Staff 2016-02-26T20:03:36Z, Guitar World (February 26, 2016). "'Dissonants': 10 Questions with Hands Like Houses". guitarworld. Retrieved December 31, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
6. All We Know of Heaven, All We Need of Hell by PVRIS, retrieved November 24, 2019
7. "Pop punk band All Time Low returns to Gallery of Sound in Wilkes-Barre to meet fans on June 4". NEPA Scene. May 22, 2017. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
8. Rawls, Murjani (April 3, 2019). "FEATURE: Minke makes room for her own brand of artistry with 'The Tearoom'". Substream Magazine. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
9. rockyourlyrics (January 16, 2019). "BRITISH MUSICIAN MINKE DEBUTS NEW SINGLE "TOO LATE" | FORTHCOMING 'THE TEAROOM' EP OUT MARCH 8". Rock Your Lyrics. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
10. Blue, Jeannie (June 7, 2017). "All Time Low – Last Young Renegade (Album Review)". Cryptic Rock. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
11. Britton, Luke Morgan (June 13, 2017). "Watch PVRIS' video for new single 'What's Wrong'". NME. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
12. Staff 2016-02-26T20:03:36Z, Guitar World (February 26, 2016). "'Dissonants': 10 Questions with Hands Like Houses". guitarworld. Retrieved December 31, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
13. Carson, Alice (February 20, 2014). "With Beating Hearts (Colleen D'Agostino of The Material) - 'The Wolves' EP (Review)". Substream Magazine. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
14. Kraus, Brian (November 14, 2014). "PVRIS - White Noise". Alternative Press. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
15. "Birmingham Sloss Fest profile: PVRIS". Alabama NewsCenter. July 9, 2018. Retrieved November 24, 2019.