Welcome to ’60 Minutes or less’ - the podcast from Birthday Cake For Breakfast - where for our second episode of 2025 we look to Chicago, joined by our very special guest, Brian Case of FACS!

Cooler than cool, FACS have been on the radar for a number of years now, with each new release better than the next. No strangers to Birthday Cake For Breakfast, we’ve had a back and forth with the trio over the years, so thought it only right to have Brian get involved with the podcast!

In February 2025, FACS will release their sixth album ‘Wish Defense’ via their longtime home of Trouble In Mind Records. Rather uniquely, the album is the last record engineered by Steve Albini, he who produced records for - oh, you know - the likes of Pixies, Nirvana, The Jesus Lizard and all your other favourite artists.

We spoke of Albini and Electrical Audio when we caught up over Zoom in January, where we also touched on what it’s like having a son’s band signed to Matador, the joy of discovering something new before we had the internet, the scene in Chicago and listening to music whilst walking the dog.

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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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