Welcome to the first episode of 2025 for ’60 Minutes or less’ - the podcast from Birthday Cake For Breakfast! We’re kicking off our first episode of the year with a real treat, the nicest guy in music production, Jonah Falco!

A very busy young man, on top of playing in Toronto punk leg-ends Fucked Up for over 20 years, Falco also fronts the brilliant Jade Hairpins and when he finds any spare time, produces records too. In 2024 alone, Fucked Up released a series of records, including three LPs, Jade Hairpins released their second album, ‘Get Me The Good Stuff’ (via Merge Records) and Falco worked on records from the likes of High Vis, The Chisel and Chubby and the Gang to name a select few. 

A grafter we’ve been hoping to talk to for a good while now, we managed to grab Jonah for a swift chat in mid-November whilst Jade Hairpins were on tour in Germany. Speaking on the phone as he hurtled down the autobahn, we covered all sorts, from playing music with your own mum to living on a narrowboat. 

With it being 2024 at the time, naturally the call dropped out at one point, though we passed through it like a couple of pro’s - as you’ll hear. None of that in 2025, pure network coverage from this point forward.

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Welcome to ’60 Minutes or less’ - A podcast from Birthday Cake For Breakfast. Holy hell, it’s the last episode of 2024! ’60 Minutes or less’ started in 2024 and in the first year we’ve had all manner of guests - from our first episode with Joe Casey of Protomartyr, to our latest episode with Field Music, with the likes of Pissed Jeans, The Futureheads, Everything Everything and more in-between! 

For episode twenty six, it’s a treat for us to welcome our final guest of the year, Willem Smit, the creative force behind Dutch outfit Personal Trainer!

A shapeshifting outfit of note, Personal Trainer have been grafting for a few years, building a reputation for having one of the most entertaining live acts going, with a revolving collection of tip-top musicians joining the ranks at one time or another. It’s no surprise they’ve encountered so much love either, as whilst they’ve got the musical chops - and then some - they’re also fronted by the incredibly charming Willem, previously of the influential Canshaker Pi once upon a time.

We caught up with Willem in August of this year off the back of the band releasing their latest album ‘Still Willing’ - their first for Bella Union. Personal Trainer were due to play at the recently opened Rough Trade in Liverpool and we managed to grab a swift chat with Willem ahead of time. On the windiest bloody day in Liverpool, mind you. You can hear the paper with my interview questions on almost blow away and at one point, Willem even stands in the way of the oncoming gust to block out the noise. What a nice fella.

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’60 Minutes or less’ - the podcast from Birthday Cake For Breakfast - marks episode twenty five and it’s a delight for us to welcome Field Music as our guests!

The duo of David Brewis and Peter Brewis, Field Music are a band we’ve had the pleasure of interviewing a number of times over the years. The eagle-eyed amongst you might’ve noticed we’ve already had Peter Brewis on the podcast for episode 5 and I’m sure this won’t be the last time that we have a Brewis brother on the podcast. Here’s to episode 45! 

Back in October 2024, Field Music released ’Limits of Language’ (Memphis Industries) - their first studio album in four years and ninth overall. That’s Field Music specific mind you, with the pair both putting out solo releases in 2023 and having over 20 credits between them for solo records, collaborations and more.  

We caught up with Field Music in person the week following their album release, recording ahead of an in-store at Piccadilly Records in Manchester. We’d not realised when setting up in the office of their PR that the record label next door would be packing up a load of orders to go out. So much for peace and quiet! You’ll hear the sound of records being packaged in the background and a ringing doorbell, but as we’re in December, maybe you could pretend it’s been recorded in Santa’s workshop and they’re presents being wrapped?

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’60 Minutes or less’ - the podcast from Birthday Cake For Breakfast - returns for episode twenty four and we welcome our guests Sweeping Promises, gnarly husband and wife duo with the best names in the business, Lira Mondal and Caufield Schnug!

Debut album ‘Hunger for a Way Out’ arrived via Feel It Records in deepest, darkest Covid times and was a total breath of fresh air, a post-punk gem that soundtracked many a sanctioned walk time whilst I was locked down. Along with a number of discoveries at the time - the likes of Stuck, Snooper and Deeper - the uncertainty of the pandemic had us thinking we might not ever see them live, so I hoovered up everything they’d put out with gusto. 

In mid-2023, the duo released their follow up record ‘Good Living Is Coming For You’, their label debut for Sub Pop and - free from the pandemic - we finally managed to catch them in the flesh when they played Manchester later in the year.

Having bigged them up from the off, it was a no brainer to have them on the podcast and so four years to the day the band released their debut full length, we caught up over Zoom in August of this year for a chat about their recent marriage, halloween, being in a video game and - great news - that they’re working on their third record!

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Welcome to ’60 Minutes or less’ - a podcast from Birthday Cake For Breakfast - where for episode twenty three, it’s a dream for young teenage me to welcome our guest Ross Millard, guitarist and vocalist in Sunderland’s finest, The Futureheads!

With six albums under their collective belts and over 20 years of playing music together, The Futureheads have been part of my life for - well, 20 years now - and I can still fondly recall picking up their self-titled full length on CD from the holy Telford Town Centre. 15 years on in 2019 and I was again in a buying mood, chuffed up to grab a copy of ‘Powers’, their latest album off the back of a bit of a hiatus.

Cut to 2024 and the quartet have just announced the forthcoming release of ‘Decent Days & Nights: The Singles’, a compilation of all of their singles (so far) in one brand new release. Out late November via Cherry Red Records, it’s an all-killer, no-filler collection from an outfit that never miss.  

Ahead of its release, we caught up with Ross over Zoom as he got himself together for an evening of five-a-side - to talk about the new record, time away from The Futureheads and how much the music industry has changed over the years. 

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’60 Minutes or less’ - the podcast from Birthday Cake For Breakfast - returns for episode twenty two and we’re THANKful to welcome our guests, the rock band Thank from Leeds!

A noise band of note that have been on our radar since almost day dot, off the back of releasing their debut full length ‘Thoughtless Cruelty’ in 2022, this month sees Thank release their latest record ’I Have A Physical Body That Can Be Harmed’ - their label debut for the wunderbar Big Scary Monsters. 

We interviewed Thank - that is vocalist Freddy, bassist Cameron, guitar / synth bod Lewis and drummer Steve - backstage at this year’s ArcTanGent Festival. You’ll realise instantly that it’s at a festival as the background noise is super loud… But not too loud, and you’ll soon get lost in our wandering conversation about Missy Elliott, Tears For Fears, supporting Yard Act where two thirds of the crowd hate your guts and Freddy slowly turning into Jeremy Clarkson. Quite a lot of naughty words in this one.

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’60 Minutes or less’ - the podcast from Birthday Cake For Breakfast - returns for episode twenty one we’re delighted to welcome the brilliantly named Raygun Busch, vocalist in noisy Oklahoma outfit Chat Pile!

With nightmarish music videos to compliment their harsh brand of noise rock, Chat Pile have picked up quite a lot of steam in their home country and throughout Europe off the back of releasing their gnarly debut ’God's Country’ in 2022.

In October 2024, Chat Pile released their hotly tipped new album, ‘Cool World’ (via The Flenser), a record described on the pages of Birthday Cake For Breakfast as “really fucking dark and heavy”. Ahead of the release of ‘Cool World’, we spoke with Raygun over Zoom, touching on the new album, horror flicks, gatekeeping in music and visually explaining the meaning of cracking open a tin. Listen out too for an exclusive scoop from Raygun - one for the heads! 

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Big one - 20 episodes of ’60 Minutes or less’ in the tank! For the latest episode of the podcast (from Birthday Cake For Breakfast), we’re rolling back the years, joined by a band that we first interviewed a decade ago - DZ Deathrays!

Back in September 2014 - what seems like a lifetime ago - we sat down with drummer Simon Ridley and guitarist and vocalist Shane Parsons backstage at Night and Day Cafe in Manchester off the back of a bit of a whirlwind year for the Aussie pair.

In May 2014, DZ Deathrays released their superb second album ‘Black Rat’ - a big mover for the duo, one that gained them a huge amount of support in the UK and Europe and saw them win big back home at the Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards.

In 2024, DZ Deathrays celebrate ten years of ‘Black Rat’ and have been playing a number of special anniversary shows. In October, the band return to the UK and we thought what better way to mark the occasion than to interview them again, ten years on. With the novelty of time zones, I was on the coffee whilst they were enjoying a Jameson’s.

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’60 Minutes or less’ - the podcast from Birthday Cake For Breakfast - returns for episode nineteen and we're joined by the hilarious and super charming Anna Erhard!

Raised in Switzerland but now based in Berlin, Erhard had been on our radar for a few years off the back of releasing her first two albums - ‘Short Cut’ in 2021 and ‘Campsite’ in 2022. But it was her 2023 single ‘170’ that really had us hooked - a ‘Mellow Gold’ style ripper about an argument Anna had with her friend over who was tallest.

One of many songs cooked up on a fruitful holiday with a friend, these tales can be found on her forthcoming third album ’Botanical Garden’, which is out this week on Radicalis Music. One of our quickest turnarounds yet, we recorded this with Anna over Zoom last week, where we talked - surprisingly - about ‘Fawlty Towers’, as well as songwriting and heaps more.

Her upcoming UK tour dates seem to be selling out swiftly, so be sure to get onboard with Anna Erhard before she becomes the huge act she’s destined to be!

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’60 Minutes or less’ - the podcast from Birthday Cake For Breakfast - ups the cool factor for episode eighteen, featuring a big chat with all three members of ripper trio Demob Happy - Matthew Marcantonio, Thomas Armstrong and Adam Godfrey!

Formed in Newcastle upon Tyne around 15 years ago, Demob Happy have put out three full length records in that time, on top of a handful of singles and other releases. Oh, and they just happened to support Jack White on the UK leg of his world tour in 2018 - hand-picked by the man himself by all accounts. They did all this whilst looking cucumber cool in the process, no doubt - a stylish bunch for sure. 

In May 2023, Demob Happy released their latest album ‘Divine Machines’. Almost a year later, we caught up with the trio ahead of a show at the Arts Club in Liverpool.

If you love background noise, you are gonna get a kick out of this! Finding near enough the only green space just outside of Liverpool city centre, the whole Scouse population seemed to descend upon the area when we sat down to record. With footballs whizzing past, full conversations in earshot and a very friendly dog on the loose, we still managed to take a real deep-dive into what makes up Demob Happy, touching on aesthetics and fashion, toxic masculinity, growing up in the North East and, of course, Alan Shearer.

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