“The pandemic really crystallized everyone’s experiences and the record is trying to distil the immediacy of what is in front of us“

Here is the second part of our interview with Mike Haliechuk, and here we dig into why the music press seem to like, if not LOVE Fucked Up’s vibe…, this, Mike says, is a blend of luck, bloody-mindedness and a stubborn weirdness. Despite not listening to a great deal of music, Mikes looks for a subconscious drip of inspiration from life and culture – creation being an interaction not a reaction to catalysts. Lyrically, this record sees Damien take on some of the burden slash responsibility for the tone…even if that means you can tell what is Mike and what is Damien… one is about anxiety and the other about plants and trees. Plus we learn, that getting booked to support to support 2Chainz remains one of the band's oddest experiences