From that point on, we kind of kept kicking the can down the road with any touring plans. It was actually pretty soon within the first week of us getting to the studio that COVID really just kind of broke open, and everyone realised that this is a this is a very real thing that’s happening. Then, that was with the possibility of, “Maybe one day this gets released as a part of an album’ or ‘Maybe these are just some singles” – we didn’t really know. We had a handful of songs written that we were excited about and wanted to go in and record them. We ended up going into the studio – I guess this would have been March of 2020 – and we didn’t really have much of a plan, necessarily. At the time, what had the band been thinking? And, how did the Out of Here EP form? Did the EP sort of arrive in the wake of COVID changing your plans?ĭerek Sanders: So, it’s kind of interesting the way the timing of all that worked out. It felt very fitting to release the single “It Is What It Is” just days before the world shut down with the global pandemic.
I feel like nothing really shows you how much you miss this and how much you need this like having to step away for almost two years between playing shows. It’s super exciting to be back at it again. Hopefully, we’re going to be able to continue and that we’re past the worst of this – fingers crossed.
Then as of the end of last year, we did our first tour – Back at It Again – which was amazing, and now we’re on the road. We did a couple of virtual shows, which was neat and it was something, but of course, nothing’s really going to kind of take the place of the real thing and actual live show. Part of that was just writing a bunch of music and going in and recording What It Means to Fall Apart, which was a really cool experience. Obviously, we tried to do everything that we could to make the most of the pandemic. It was a crazy period and it just kind of went from, “Okay, we’re going to have to postpone a few things”, to “Everything should be fine in a few months”, and then eventually cancelling things and realising that we weren’t going to be able to play live music any time soon. And, we had a lot of plans for touring the new album. We had no idea early on in 2020 that the pandemic was going to completely derail any plans we had.
With the pandemic being what it is, how have the last few years looked for Mayday Parade? Have you been managing to stay safe with everything going on in the world?ĭerek Sanders: It’s kind of crazy. With Mayday Parade kicking off their nation-wide Australian tour in mere weeks, we sat down with frontman Derek Sanders to chat about the anniversary of the self-titled album, how the pandemic changed their plans, and their newest album, What It Means to Fall Apart. However, as pandemic restrictions continue to cease across the world, the music scene is coming alive again, which has seen Mayday Parade able to resume their previous plans as they head towards where they wanted to be – namely with their US album tour in support of their classic self-titled album wrapping up just a few short days before they head to Australia for another tour that is almost completely sold out. From releasing a handful of singles (like their fittingly cathartic “It Is What It Is” dropping only a week before major restrictions halted the entire world to a standstill), an EP titled Out of Here, drummer Jake Bundrick branching out with his project Via Fiori, and eventually their seventh studio album, What It Means to Fall Apart, the veteran group managed to keep busy, while still keeping fans entertained.īut, while stagnation in their daily life inspired new tunes, and a few virtual shows brought small breaks in the mundanity of each day, the pandemic derailed Mayday Parade’s plans to bring forth a new tour in support of What It Means to Fall Apart, and also saw then 10-year anniversary tour of their self-titled album delayed.
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