More Than Punk Podcast

Vocalists Paul Green and Ed Gibbs have their most intimate interview yet talking about their new album Loss, what makes them who they are, battling with people on social media and the state of music interviews and album review.  

Murphy and Spencer from Kind Eyes talk about blowing up on TikTok (seriously, they went from 600 monthly Spotify plays to 10,000), whether internet fame will translate to more people coming to shows and tackling racism and injustice in America. 

In some typical More Than Punk gossip, Jynx's Jerry DeLorenzo talks about meeting Bruce Willis, Jared Leto and watching Justin Bieber play guitar for a four-year-old girl in a music store. Then we get serious and talk about misinformation, toxic social media and Jynx's commitment to making music that has a positive impact and legacy. 

This week, I'm sitting down with JT Cavey and Jesse Cash from ERRA for what Jesse calls their most intimate, vulnerable and scariest interview yet as they open up about the impacts of fandom, keeping their egos in check and we explore their insecurities around fame.

In one of our most philosophical and thoughtful conversations yet, Of Mice and Men bassist and lead singer, Aaron Pauley talks about struggling with impermanence, the feeling that he's losing time and reflects on his legacy as he comes up 10 years in the band. He calls it one of his most "thought-provoking" interviews of the Timeless EP promo cycle. 

The last few months have been insane for Pet Needs. They signed to Xtra Mile Recordings, Frank Turner mixed and mastered their debut record Fractured Party Music (which comes out 12 March) and now they're facing tour opportunities that they'd never dreamed of. I talk with Johnny Marriott about that whole thing, our mutual love for Laura Jane Grace (Against Me!), Xtra Mile Recordings, getting the band to play Edinburgh Fringe Festival and so much more in this deep dive into Johnny's life, thoughts and hopes and dreams for the band. They will become your new favourite band. 

Carpool Tunnel drummer Danny Stauffer gets real about landing a record deal with Pure Noise in his early 20s, navigating the business side of the music industry and makes me feel like the grand old man when he talks about discovering music on his phone (I had a walkman...). 

This week, Ash Tubb from Sugar Horse and I talk shit about satanism, unimpressive heavy metal, how metalcore sounds like all the bad parts of the first Norma Jean record (his words, not mine) and why no one uses stereos anymore. 

Chris Palowitch from Just Friends talks about touring with The Wonder Years, Mayday Parade, The Story So Far, his first Warped Tour and long drives across the US in the band's van. 

This week on the More Than Punk podcast, I'm chatting with Ben Marwood about the 10 year anniversary of Outside There's a Curse, whether he wants to be Avril Lavigne's boyfriend 10 years on and how his illness diagnosis in 2013 put an indefinite hold on his touring career. Outside of that, he's working on a new album, planning on getting cat and has been watching loads of horror movies.