60 Minutes or less - A podcast from Birthday Cake For Breakfast

Welcome to ’60 Minutes or less’ - a podcast from Birthday Cake For Breakfast - where for episode 70, it’s a treat to feature an interview with vocalist Dara Kiely and guitarist Alan Duggan Borges of Irish noise-rockers Gilla Band!

For over a decade, Gilla Band have been wrecking heads on stages around the world and across various well received records, from their 2015 debut album 'Holding Hands With Jamie' to 'Most Normal' in 2022.

Ahead of releasing their new record ‘Pugnello’ this month - September 2026 - via Rough Trade Records, I got into it deep with Gilla Band when we spoke over Zoom, touching on their new record, as well as dealing with grief, mental health and Top Cat.

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Welcome to ’60 Minutes or less’ - a podcast from Birthday Cake For Breakfast - where for episode 69 it’s a trip down memory lane, featuring an interview with Mat Haigh of Halifax math-rock outfit Wot Gorilla?!

Formed in 2009 in Sowerby Bridge, Wot Gorilla? ain’t lying when they say they’ve carved out their own corner of the UK’s math and post-hardcore scene. Nearly 20 years in the game, the line-up has shifted over the years, as they’ve shared stages with all sorts, from Rolo Tomassi to The Get Up Kids.

Having interviewed Mat many times over the past decade plus, we reconnected at the start of 2026 ahead of the release of the latest Wot Gorilla? album, ‘Stay Home’, out that very same month via Drongo Records. With the record coming out just shy of 10 years on from the release of their last EP, ‘Angel Numbers’, we had a lot to talk about!

Over Zoom, we spoke of life at home in Halifax, Turnstile rumours, the joys of social media, playing music as an older person and almost two decades of Wot Gorilla?

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Welcome to ’60 Minutes or less’ - a podcast from Birthday Cake For Breakfast - where for episode 68, it’s a delight to welcome back Alex Edkins of METZ and Weird Nightmare!

One of the earlier guests in the life of ’60 Minutes or less’ (having appeared on episode 8), there’s been quite a bit of change for Edkins since then, notably power-trio METZ calling it a day in late 2024. With it being maybe a final chance to see them, It was a total joy to fly to Berlin to catch one of their farewell shows - a perfect send-off for three noise-rock heroes.

With a new Weird Nightmare album on the horizon (‘Hoopla’ - out May 2026 via Sub Pop and Dine Alone Records), I caught up with Alex over Zoom in April 2026 to talk about the METZ “indefinite hiatus”, appearing on TV with John Mulaney and Richard Kind, British punks and Weezer hot takes.

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Welcome to ’60 Minutes or less’ - A podcast from Birthday Cake For Breakfast. It’s a treat to feature a special bonus episode, as we welcome back Andrew Falkous of Mclusky and Future of the Left!

Originally appearing on the podcast for Episode 37, Falkous returns for what is a regular feature on Birthday Cake For Breakfast - ‘a/s/l’ - which is basically one of those ‘how much is a pint of milk?’ endeavours you used to find in magazines.

The latest Mclusky record ‘i sure am getting sick of this bowling alley’ was released in spring 2026 via Ipecac Recordings. As for Future of the Left, they will be on tour in early 2027 in celebration of 20 years of the album ‘curses’. But we don’t talk about any of that. Instead, I caught up with Andrew over Zoom in April 2026 to quiz him on egg based allergies, happy crying, a love of Queen and The Karate Kid Part II, as well as the recent-ish Mclusky tour of the USA.

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Welcome to ’60 Minutes or less’ - a podcast from Birthday Cake For Breakfast - where for episode 67, I hit the road with Australian song and dance man Alex Cameron, a weirdo pop hero!

Since the release of debut album ‘Jumping the Shark' - initially released for free on his website in 2013, before being reissued by Secretly Canadian in 2016 - Cameron has blurred the lines between performance art and genuine pop bops, putting out a series of records that are both smart and hilarious, with lyrics that are endlessly singable.

Ahead of releasing his latest album ‘Late to Set’, I caught up with Cameron over Zoom, where we spoke of fellow Aussie pop weirdo Jack Ladder - a previous guest on episode 57 - as well as a love of Depeche Mode, touring with The Strokes, the good lord and - most importantly - what his lifelong friend, business partner, and saxophonist Roy Molloy is up to these days.

Through the wonders of the internet, Alex recorded near enough the whole thing from the front seat of his 1997 Japanese Toyota Celsior. Because of this, the signal is occasionally patchy, but such is the sacrifice for an artist and his favoured mode of transport.

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