Hello, my name is Blake Nolan Hanson...

 Short Bio for those in a hurry:

   Vivid Lover is a current resident of the Twin Cities. He released his 3rd solo album 'Infinite-Unconditional-Love' in 2020. He was lead singer/rhtythm guitarist in Rock group Halo Minor. He currently worked with Drummer Devin Tomczik again on an alt rock 2 sided single that is being mixed and produced by Robert L. Smith (grammy winner, noted for work with Paul McCartney, Lagy Gaga, The Ting Tings, Duran Duran). The live solo acoustic show of Vivid Lover is Blake Nolan Hanson on an acoustic guitar singing with the passion and rawness that his material translates into a Radiohead/ Jeff Buckley-esque vibe mixing vulnerability with a voice that cuts through granite, then calms like a wave on an ocean beach. Holy fuck is that cheesy:) Know a band in need of a bio writer…?.

My self titled compilation release called Vivid Lover put me on college radio charts in 2023-2024 with airplay on over 33 radio stations in North America. Not #1 or top ten, but from 451-145 out of 1,100. Why do numbers matter? You tell me. I will laugh.

a press clip : “Ayla You Blow My Mind” is a single to remind us that contemporary pop can still bring depth and texture into the 21st century.      -S. McCauley

now the fun? or interesting bio about me....

I've been singing since I was 7, choirs, doo wop groups, classically trained music major, then turned 20 & started singing in rock bands. Played bass & sang in bands Halo Minor, Veloure, Echowal, Modus Relay, Dead Inner Critc, Naked Parade, & FLOOZiE. I changed the artistic moniker in 2019 from Livid Lover to Vivid Lover and immediately felt a weight lifted from that one letter, the power of one word that better represents what I am now and moving forward. Or maybe it was just more of a fitting name for what I am- most of the time now.

  I am often misunderstood with the execution of my vocals, and arrangements, as I utilize my background in classical, baroque, & impressionist composers and a heavy choral upbringing. I do appeal highly to other musicians, so I am ok with the criticisms of ones not used to dissonance or expressive and experimental delivery. I feel it is my duty to keep my integrity in that, and will not dumb down or dilute any of my essence to appease. Don't ask me to not breathe. Have a nice day.