Guffcast XL with Blank Atlas

About Guffcast XL with 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 (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Publisher

Blank Atlas

Category

comedy · music

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

9 Dec 2024

Latest episode

21 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

14 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   21 Sept 2026

   #13 No Good

   We are back for more shenigans in the van!! In this episode we chat everything NO GOOD! We talk all about our new single, the new music video, sprained ankles, our upcomig uk tour and we give Chrissy a lil challenge at the end. You can stream our new single, No Good here: https://ffm.to/batlas-no-good Grab some merch: https://www.musicglue.com/blankatlas/store Upcoming tour dates + tickets: https://blankatlas.co.uk Enjoy! Subscribe for more ❤️ Thanks for watching! Follow us! Website: http://blankatlas.co.uk Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/19mN1... 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 and have been playing together for over 15 years. 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 (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

2. 

   1 Jul 2026

   #12 - Greatest Hits

   In this episode, we go back into the archives to highlight some best bits from the Guffcast back before we were doing XL episodes! We made 100 Guffcasts until XL's came about so there's so much good stuff that we thought deserved it's own episode. Let us know if we forgot any good guffcast moments ✨ Enjoy! Subscribe for more ❤️ Thanks for watching! 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 (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

3. 

   23 Mar 2026

   #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 (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

4. 

   12 Feb 2026

   #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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

5. 

   8 Jan 2026

   #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/ 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 (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

6. 

   30 Nov 2025

   #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! 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 (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

7. 

   18 Oct 2025

   #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! 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 (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

8. 

   4 Sept 2025

   #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 ❤️ 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 (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

9. 

   29 Jul 2025

   #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. 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 (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

10. 

    11 Jun 2025

    #4 - Ned Shneebly feat. Rowan Deverson!

    Sound engineer Rowan Deverson discusses his tribute band, bad gigs he's witnessed and played, gig etiquette, and on-stage vocal tuning with Blank Atlas in this interview.

11. 

    19 May 2025

    #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 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 (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

12. 

    24 Mar 2025

    #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 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 (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

13. 

    22 Dec 2024

    #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 (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

14. 

    9 Dec 2024

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    Blank Atlas chats about life on the road, sharing behind-the-scenes stories from their gigs and experiences as a touring musician.

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