After releasing their single ‘No Good’ earlier this summer, Bristol’s favourite Alt Rock three piece Blank Atlas unveil their next offering, arriving this time in the form of the hazy, grunge-tinted single Same Mistake, about the habit of running from your problems rather than facing them.
Guitarist Dan Thould wrote it almost without trying. “I had the whole song written in about 10 minutes.” he says. “I was messing about on the guitar while watching tv, and it just came out. The song’s about the different ways you can not deal with your problems. The lyrics in the chorus is my brain talking to me from a different point of view about how I never learn from my mistakes and instead of facing them, and how I tend to run away from them. It’s got a grungy dreamo vibe which I really like, and it’s short and sweet! “
The video was just as unplanned. Dan and Tom were travelling around Japan when they realised Tokyo would be the perfect backdrop, so they shot the whole thing on an iPhone and edited it themselves.
“It was a bit of a happy accident,” says Drummer, Tom Thould. “We realised shortly before arriving that this would be such a cool location for a music video. Since it was so last minute, we shot the whole thing on an iPhone and edited it ourselves. So it was a really DIY approach for this one. We had a blast wandering around Tokyo and doing karaoke etc, and we’re super chuffed with the outcome!”
The band take Same Mistake on the road from 6th November, with dates stretching from Glasgow to Falmouth, including a hometown show at Bristols’ Cafe Kino on 13th November.
To accompany the release of Same Mistake, Blank Atlas have announced a UK tour throughout November.
Upcoming Tour Dates:
6th November – Lounge, Alton
11th November – Bloc, Glasgow
12th November – Night & Day Cafe, Manchester
13th November – Cafe Kino, Bristol
18th November – The Rainbow, Birmingham
19th November – The Pipeline, Brighton
29th November – The Bullingdon, Oxford
2nd December – The Cornish Bank, Falmouth
3rd December – The Junction, Plymouth
5th December – Smokey Joes, Cheltenham
Tickets available via blankatlas.co.uk