"We could have just coasted on our 10th record, but we set ourselves some challenges...hopefully we are going to surprise some people!"

Matt Skiba’s band Alkaline Trio release their 10th LP, Blood, Hair and Eyeballs at the end of January, here in the first part of a two part interview we speak on how L.A has no seasons..at all. He discover that Matt can reel off quotes from The Departed at will and I am informed that The Breakfast Club is a punk movie at heart. Matt tells us about where the album’s title comes from, how the LP formed and why the band approached the recording if it differently to previous studio sessions. We also take a look at how Alkaline Trio have endured so long…it’s part being honest in their craft and part the connection with the fans, without whom Matt says, none of this, not least 10 records, would be possible. This is part one of two. Check it out. Cheers.