{"id":70434,"date":"2018-10-04T15:00:29","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T14:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=70434"},"modified":"2018-10-05T00:05:47","modified_gmt":"2018-10-04T23:05:47","slug":"track-guide-blank-atlas-canvas-ep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/track-guide-blank-atlas-canvas-ep\/","title":{"rendered":"Track Guide: Blank Atlas – Canvas EP"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On their new EP, ‘Canvas’<\/i>, Bristol trio Blank Atlas<\/b> produce a vibrant mix of hook-y choruses, textured riffs and infectious harmonies. Wrapped around by a distinctive British alt-rock sound, songs such as \u2018Sing For Something\u2019<\/i>, \u2018Halfway There\u2019<\/i> and \u2018Borrowed Time\u2019<\/i> thrive with urgency and confidence.<\/p>\n

Beyond the riffs and three-part melodies, Blank Atlas<\/b> offer a set of songs drummer Tom Thould recently described<\/a> as “brutally honest”<\/em>. Undoubtedly, the five songs that make up ‘Canvas’<\/i> are lyrically direct.<\/p>\n

We spoke to Dan Thould (guitar\/vocals) and\u00a0Chris Simpson (bass\/vocals) to break down the EP track-by-track.<\/p>\n

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I Was Told This Is How Wars Start<\/h2>\n

Chris: Usually we stick a song in our set a few months before release, but this one was kept more or less under wraps until the video came out. I remember finishing the lyrics for the second verse about an hour before Tom had to record his verse! The lyrics are about something I feel very passionate about, which is the way we (especially on the internet) discuss and debate on things. It\u2019s all become a bit of a shouting match, which is reflected in the lyrics which are a back and forth of \u2018I think I\u2019m right, I think you\u2019re wrong!\u2019 Nobody presents any ideas or evidence. When me and my younger brother would argue, trying to get the last word in, not really listening to each other, our mum would say “This is how wars start!” Which I still think is funny, how something that was told to children still applies to us all as adults. That\u2019s what inspired the title.<\/em><\/p>\n