60 Minutes or less - Episode 37 - Andrew Falkous (Mclusky / Future of the Left)

Welcome to ’60 Minutes or less’ - a podcast from Birthday Cake For Breakfast - where for episode 37, we welcome a noisy man of note and king of third division indie rock, Andrew Falkous of Mclusky and Future of the Left!

Formed in Cardiff in the late ‘90s, Mclusky released three critically-acclaimed albums before disbanding in 2005. After some time away - with Falkous taking a side-step in the intervening years to form Future of the Left - Mclusky reformed proper in 2019 with an updated line-up and they've been back at it on the gigging front.

In May 2025, Mclusky put out their first new album in 20 years (the fourth Mclusky album overall) - ‘the world is still here and so are we’ (font in lowercase, very hip), the record released via their new home of Ipecac Recordings.

We caught up with a somewhat tired Falkous over Zoom in mid-May after he’d just returned from a run of shows in Europe. As expected, we covered the new Mclusky album, as well as The Jesus Lizard, ear issues, Sting and his tantric sexual endeavours and the pointlessness of a numerical rating.

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