Guffcast XL with Blank Atlas

Blank Atlas

We are a b and we need to p (podcast of course). Driving to gigs when you're in a rock and roll band can be very boring, so we decided to start doing a podcast in the van! Expect lots of nonsense in these episodes, we have been playing with each other for over 13 years so we have plenty of cringe for you to enjoy. As well as everything we're currently up to in Blank Atlas. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episodes

  1. #1 - Punk For Pudsey

    Episode 1

    #1 - Punk For Pudsey

    Welcome to the Guffcast XL! If you're familiar with our band you'll know that we like to do a mini-podcast in the van en route to gigs called THE GUFFCAST. We've actually uploaded 99 of these mini podcast clips onto social media. To celebrate the 100th episode, we thought we'd do our first ever FULL LENGTH GUFFCAST! So enjoy all the guff for a glorious 45 mins xox In this episode, we talk about the Guffcast origins, the time we had to put on a gig when we were 16 for charity and we play the Blank Atlas pub quiz! Not on a strict schedule for these episodes so make sure to subscribe if you don't wanna miss any future podcasts. Thanks so much for checking out the Guffcast XL! Links: Website: http://blankatlas.co.uk Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/19mN1VhMbwBSnFmLrX3a6m Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blankatlasband TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@blankatlas Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BlankAtlasOfficial/ About Blank Atlas: Blank Atlas are a Bristol Based, Alt Rock 3 piece boasting 3 part harmonies, dirty riffs and huge choruses. Taking inspiration from bands ranging from Meshuggah to McFly. The band consists of twin brothers Dan & Tom Thould and their closest friend, Chris Simpson who they met in school when they were 11 years old and have been playing together since. Since their formation, they have shared the stage with bands such as Holding Absence, Jamie Lenman, Puppy, Salem, Fatherson & Dream State to name a few. 2023 saw the band releasing their debut album, Dawn Chorus which gained the support of BBC Radio 1, Kerrang! Radio, BBC Introducing and Amazing Radio. They also made their debut appearance at 2000 Trees Festival where Kerrang! named it as “one of the biggest small band buzzes of the weekend”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    47 min
  2. #2 - Humble Beginnings

    Episode 2

    #2 - Humble Beginnings

    On this episode of the Guffcast XL, we delve into our musical past and what we got up to when we first started playing music. We also talk about how we started playing music together. Thomas also finds some rather cringe emails he used to send out to venues and festivals when we were young naive 16 year olds... Make sure you give us a follow to make sure you don't miss the next XL, and please leave us a review as that helps us a bunch xox Get in touch with us: guffcast@blankatlas.co.uk Links: Website: http://blankatlas.co.uk Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/19mN1VhMbwBSnFmLrX3a6m Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blankatlasband TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@blankatlas Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BlankAtlasOfficial/ About Blank Atlas: Blank Atlas are a Bristol Based, Alt Rock 3 piece boasting 3 part harmonies, dirty riffs and huge choruses. Taking inspiration from bands ranging from Meshuggah to McFly. The band consists of twin brothers Dan & Tom Thould and their closest friend, Chris Simpson who they met in school when they were 11 years old and have been playing together since. Since their formation, they have shared the stage with bands such as Holding Absence, Jamie Lenman, Puppy, Salem, Fatherson & Dream State to name a few. 2023 saw the band releasing their debut album, Dawn Chorus which gained the support of BBC Radio 1, Kerrang! Radio, BBC Introducing and Amazing Radio. They also made their debut appearance at 2000 Trees Festival where Kerrang! named it as “one of the biggest small band buzzes of the weekend”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    34 min
  3. #3 - Fan Voted Set Deep Dive

    Episode 3

    #3 - Fan Voted Set Deep Dive

    In this episode of the Guffcast XL, we delve into a recent fan voted setlist and we judge everyones picks, and we also discuss what we would choose if we could vote! Then we play IS IT DANIEL THOULD OR JAMES HETFIELD?! Thomas reads a lyric to Chrissy and Daniel and they gotta guess whether it's a Daniel Thould lyric or a James Hetfield lyric. All the lyrics are pretty bad, enjoy! If you'd like us to answer one of your questions on the Guffcast XL, leave a comment on Spotify or DM us @blankatlasband on Instagram. Give us a follow to make sure you don't miss the next XL, and please leave us a review as that helps us a bunch xox Get in touch with us: guffcast@blankatlas.co.uk Links: Website: http://blankatlas.co.uk Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/19mN1VhMbwBSnFmLrX3a6m Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blankatlasband TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@blankatlas Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BlankAtlasOfficial/ About Blank Atlas: Blank Atlas are a Bristol Based, Alt Rock 3 piece boasting 3 part harmonies, dirty riffs and huge choruses. Taking inspiration from bands ranging from Meshuggah to McFly. The band consists of twin brothers Dan & Tom Thould and their closest friend, Chris Simpson who they met in school when they were 11 years old and have been playing together since. Since their formation, they have shared the stage with bands such as Holding Absence, Jamie Lenman, Puppy, Salem, Fatherson & Dream State to name a few. 2023 saw the band releasing their debut album, Dawn Chorus which gained the support of BBC Radio 1, Kerrang! Radio, BBC Introducing and Amazing Radio. They also made their debut appearance at 2000 Trees Festival where Kerrang! named it as “one of the biggest small band buzzes of the weekend”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    41 min
  4. #4 - Ned Shneebly (feat. Rowan Deverson)

    Episode 4

    #4 - Ned Shneebly (feat. Rowan Deverson)

    On this episode of the Guffcast XL we welcome our first guest, Rowan Deverson to the pod! Rowan is one of the finest sound engineers in Bristol and we brought him along to a recent gig in Exeter so we thought we'd twist his arm onto coming on the pod too. Rowan is also a v talented instrumentalist playing in his own bands, [1313] , Hellios and The School of Rock Experience! We chat about his tribute band, The School of Rock Experience, the worst gig he's ever witnessed on the job, the worst gig he's ever played, gig etiquette and whether artists should be allowed on stage vocal tuning... Thanks so much for checking out the Guffcast XL, subscribe so you don't miss the next episode! Get in touch with us: guffcast@blankatlas.co.uk Links: Follow all of Rowan's things! Rowan's insta: https://www.instagram.com/rowan_deversound [1313]: https://www.instagram.com/1313.uk Hellios: https://www.instagram.com/hell_iosband The School of Rock Experience: https://www.instagram.com/schoolofrockexperience Follow us: Website: http://blankatlas.co.uk Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/19mN1VhMbwBSnFmLrX3a6m Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blankatlasband TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@blankatlas Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BlankAtlasOfficial/ About Blank Atlas: Blank Atlas are a Bristol Based, Alt Rock 3 piece boasting 3 part harmonies, dirty riffs and huge choruses. Taking inspiration from bands ranging from Meshuggah to McFly. The band consists of twin brothers Dan & Tom Thould and their closest friend, Chris Simpson who they met in school when they were 11 years old and have been playing together since. Since their formation, they have shared the stage with bands such as Holding Absence, Jamie Lenman, Puppy, Salem, Fatherson & Dream State to name a few. 2023 saw the band releasing their debut album, Dawn Chorus which gained the support of BBC Radio 1, Kerrang! Radio, BBC Introducing and Amazing Radio. They also made their debut appearance at 2000 Trees Festival where Kerrang! named it as “one of the biggest small band buzzes of the weekend”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    44 min
  5. #5 - 2000 Trees Special (featuring Hamartia, Orchards, Chroma, Mallavora + Failstate)

    Episode 5

    #5 - 2000 Trees Special (featuring Hamartia, Orchards, Chroma, Mallavora + Failstate)

    In this episode we're at 2000 Trees Festival! This year, we played The Word Stage on the Wednesday so we do a full debrief on the set and everything we got up to over the course of the weekend at the festival! Massive thanks to James Scarlett for inviting us back to play our favourite festival xox In this episode we also roped some bands into coming on to the pod - We have Orchards, Chroma, Mallavora, Failstate and even Hamartia sneaking in to chat to us about their worst gigs, bad band names and their favourite festival food vendors! Massive thanks to all of the bands that came on our little pod 3 Can check em all out via the links below! We also announce that we're going on tour in the UK + Ireland in November, listen until the end to hear more info on that. Head over to blankatlas.co.uk for tickets. Get in touch with us: guffcast@blankatlas.co.uk Links: Orchards: https://linktr.ee/orchardsforever Chroma: https://www.chroma.band/links Mallavora: https://linktr.ee/mallavora Failstate: https://linktr.ee/failstateband Hamartia: https://linktr.ee/hamartiabanduk Website: http://blankatlas.co.uk Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/19mN1VhMbwBSnFmLrX3a6m Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blankatlasband TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@blankatlas Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BlankAtlasOfficial/ About Blank Atlas: Blank Atlas are a Bristol Based, Alt Rock 3 piece boasting 3 part harmonies, dirty riffs and huge choruses. Taking inspiration from bands ranging from Meshuggah to McFly. The band consists of twin brothers Dan & Tom Thould and their closest friend, Chris Simpson who they met in school when they were 11 years old and have been playing together since. Since their formation, they have shared the stage with bands such as Holding Absence, Jamie Lenman, Puppy, Salem, Fatherson & Dream State to name a few. 2023 saw the band releasing their debut album, Dawn Chorus which gained the support of BBC Radio 1, Kerrang! Radio, BBC Introducing and Amazing Radio. They also made their debut appearance at 2000 Trees Festival where Kerrang! named it as “one of the biggest small band buzzes of the weekend”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    39 min
  6. #6 - Ben Shiels Screamed At You On The Way Home (feat. Ben Shiels of Hamartia / Hellios)

    Episode 6

    #6 - Ben Shiels Screamed At You On The Way Home (feat. Ben Shiels of Hamartia / Hellios)

    Bit of a different one for this episode, we came across a old Guffcast we recorded in March 2024 featuring our good friend, Ben Shiels of Hamartia / Hellios after an excellent gig we did in Falmouth. 80% of this is totally new unused gold so enjoy! Ben tells us his worst gigs, we chat about said excellent gig in Falmouth, we tell each other who inspired us to start playing music, we also chat about school talent shows and dream guffcast guests! This was a bit of a gem that we couldn't believe went unused, so we thought we'd make it an XL since we're not super active at the minute and you guys still have an XL to enjoy xox Make sure to check out all of Ben's bands in the links below! We'll be straight back to it in the van later this month so expect more XL's in your feed ❤️ Get in touch with us: guffcast@blankatlas.co.uk Follow Ben Shiels! Ben: https://www.instagram.com/ben_shielss/ Hamartia: https://www.instagram.com/hamartiabanduk/ Hellios: https://www.instagram.com/hell_iosband/ Follow us! Website: http://blankatlas.co.uk Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/19mN1VhMbwBSnFmLrX3a6m Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blankatlasband TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@blankatlas Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BlankAtlasOfficial/ About Blank Atlas: Blank Atlas are a Bristol Based, Alt Rock 3 piece boasting 3 part harmonies, dirty riffs and huge choruses. Taking inspiration from bands ranging from Meshuggah to McFly. The band consists of twin brothers Dan & Tom Thould and their closest friend, Chris Simpson who they met in school when they were 11 years old and have been playing together since. Since their formation, they have shared the stage with bands such as Holding Absence, Jamie Lenman, Puppy, Salem, Fatherson & Dream State to name a few. 2023 saw the band releasing their debut album, Dawn Chorus which gained the support of BBC Radio 1, Kerrang! Radio, BBC Introducing and Amazing Radio. They also made their debut appearance at 2000 Trees Festival where Kerrang! named it as “one of the biggest small band buzzes of the weekend”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    42 min

  7. Episode 7

    #7 - Dawn Chorus Demos

    On this episode, we're in the van en route to our show in Exeter supporting our old pals in Lastelle. We decided we'd listen to all the old demos from out debut album, Dawn Chorus. Some of which are pretty different to the final song. Hope that's kinda interesting to some of ya, enjoy! We also do a batlas pub quiz at the end! Thanks so much for checking out the Guffcast XL, follow for more episodes! Get in touch with us: guffcast@blankatlas.co.uk Links: Website: http://blankatlas.co.uk Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/19mN1VhMbwBSnFmLrX3a6m Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blankatlasband TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@blankatlas Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BlankAtlasOfficial/ About Blank Atlas: Blank Atlas are a Bristol Based, Alt Rock 3 piece boasting 3 part harmonies, dirty riffs and huge choruses. Taking inspiration from bands ranging from Meshuggah to McFly. The band consists of twin brothers Dan & Tom Thould and their closest friend, Chris Simpson who they met in school when they were 11 years old and have been playing together since. Since their formation, they have shared the stage with bands such as Holding Absence, Jamie Lenman, Puppy, Salem, Fatherson & Dream State to name a few. 2023 saw the band releasing their debut album, Dawn Chorus which gained the support of BBC Radio 1, Kerrang! Radio, BBC Introducing and Amazing Radio. They also made their debut appearance at 2000 Trees Festival where Kerrang! named it as “one of the biggest small band buzzes of the weekend”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    37 min
  8. #8 - Festival Shenanigans

    Episode 8

    #8 - Festival Shenanigans

    On this episode of the Guffcast XL, we're on tour across the UK with our friends in The Last Vinci, we discuss the new line ups from Download + our beloved 2000 Trees, we talk about our first ever time at a festival back in 2013 and then we do another batlas quiz! Get in touch with us: guffcast@blankatlas.co.uk Enjoy! Follow us! Website: http://blankatlas.co.uk Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/19mN1VhMbwBSnFmLrX3a6m Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blankatlasband TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@blankatlas Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BlankAtlasOfficial/ About Blank Atlas: Blank Atlas are a Bristol Based, Alt Rock 3 piece boasting 3 part harmonies, dirty riffs and huge choruses. Taking inspiration from bands ranging from Meshuggah to McFly. The band consists of twin brothers Dan & Tom Thould and their closest friend, Chris Simpson who they met in school when they were 11 years old and have been playing together since. Since their formation, they have shared the stage with bands such as Holding Absence, Jamie Lenman, Puppy, Salem, Fatherson & Dream State to name a few. 2023 saw the band releasing their debut album, Dawn Chorus which gained the support of BBC Radio 1, Kerrang! Radio, BBC Introducing and Amazing Radio. They also made their debut appearance at 2000 Trees Festival where Kerrang! named it as “one of the biggest small band buzzes of the weekend”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    43 min
  9. #9 Stay Rock (feat Alex Vinci - The Last Vinci)

    Episode 9

    #9 Stay Rock (feat Alex Vinci - The Last Vinci)

    In this episode of the Guffcast XL we chat to Alex Vinci of The Last Vinci! Alex chats to us about touring with The Rasmus, playing alongside Linkin Park in front of 100,000 people, rekindling old friendships, cooking and of course, we chat how The Last Vinci came to be and all of their future plans. We also quiz Alex on his Cork slang at the end of the episode. You would think you would know all the lingo after living there for 14 years... listen until the end to find out how well he does! Follow Alex and The Last Vinci below: Website: https://thelastvinci.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thelastvinci/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheLastVinci/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thelastvinci Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6lhX9yWWQu3rzMm7SyMSks Follow us! Website: http://blankatlas.co.uk Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/19mN1VhMbwBSnFmLrX3a6m Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blankatlasband TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@blankatlas Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BlankAtlasOfficial/ Get in touch with us: guffcast@blankatlas.co.uk About Blank Atlas: Blank Atlas are a Bristol Based, Alt Rock 3 piece boasting 3 part harmonies, dirty riffs and huge choruses. Taking inspiration from bands ranging from Meshuggah to McFly. The band consists of twin brothers Dan & Tom Thould and their closest friend, Chris Simpson who they met in school when they were 11 years old and have been playing together since. Since their formation, they have shared the stage with bands such as Holding Absence, Jamie Lenman, Puppy, Salem, Fatherson & Dream State to name a few. 2023 saw the band releasing their debut album, Dawn Chorus which gained the support of BBC Radio 1, Kerrang! Radio, BBC Introducing and Amazing Radio. They also made their debut appearance at 2000 Trees Festival where Kerrang! named it as “one of the biggest small band buzzes of the weekend”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    42 min
  10. #10 Wifecast (feat. Tash George + Vanja Simpson)

    Episode 10

    #10 Wifecast (feat. Tash George + Vanja Simpson)

    For this episode of the Guffcast XL, we are joined by our lovely wives, Tash + Vanja! We talk about how we met, proposals, weddings, bad gigs and we do a fun game of Mr + Mrs as well ✨ Massive thanks to Tash + Vanja for coming on the pod ❤️ Thank you for tuning into this episode of the Guffcast. Make sure to follow for more and leave us a lil review if you can xox Get in touch with us: guffcast@blankatlas.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    37 min
  11. #11 - Don't Forget Your Tuner Pedal (feat Gavin Purcell of Bicurious)

    Episode 11

    #11 - Don't Forget Your Tuner Pedal (feat Gavin Purcell of Bicurious)

    Thanks again for tuning into another episode of the Guffcast XL (sleepy time edition)! This episode we're joined by our good pal, Gavin Purcell who drums for the very good band, Bicurious. We had a lovely chat with Gav, all tucked up in bed at his place after our Dublin show last year. He tells us all about Bicurious, his worst gigs, celebs he's met and his various hot takes!! It's a goody! Make sure to check out Bicurious and go see em on tour in April/May and at 2000 Trees (obvs). Batlas are also out on a few shows in April/May playing Nottingham, Cheltenham and Bristol. Head to blankatlas.co.uk for tickets xox Make sure to subscribe and let us know what you think in the comments ❤️ Bicurious: Website: https://bicuriousbandofficial.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3hg0uAz0P2tHrvqqHU4zzh?si=20YechxMSm-pky6qsAwWwQ Tour Dates + Tickets: https://bicuriousbandofficial.com/pages/tour Ins\ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bicuriousbandofficial Follow us! Website: http://blankatlas.co.uk Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/19mN1VhMbwBSnFmLrX3a6m Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blankatlasband TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@blankatlas Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BlankAtlasOfficial/ Get in touch with us: guffcast@blankatlas.co.uk About Blank Atlas: Blank Atlas are a Bristol Based, Alt Rock 3 piece boasting 3 part harmonies, dirty riffs and huge choruses. Taking inspiration from bands ranging from Meshuggah to McFly. The band consists of twin brothers Dan & Tom Thould and their closest friend, Chris Simpson who they met in school when they were 11 years old and have been playing together since. Since their formation, they have shared the stage with bands such as Holding Absence, Jamie Lenman, Puppy, Salem, Fatherson & Dream State to name a few. 2023 saw the band releasing their debut album, Dawn Chorus which gained the support of BBC Radio 1, Kerrang! Radio, BBC Introducing and Amazing Radio. They also made their debut appearance at 2000 Trees Festival where Kerrang! named it as “one of the biggest small band buzzes of the weekend”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    43 min
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We are a b and we need to p (podcast of course). Driving to gigs when you're in a rock and roll band can be very boring, so we decided to start doing a podcast in the van! Expect lots of nonsense in these episodes, we have been playing with each other for over 13 years so we have plenty of cringe for you to enjoy. As well as everything we're currently up to in Blank Atlas. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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