Pre-lockdown, the last live show You Me At Six played was one of the biggest of their career at Gunnersville Festival in west London’s Gunnersbury Park, where they performed every single they’d ever released as a band. A stint in Thailand recording their upcoming album ‘SUCKAPUNCH’ followed; but their busy schedules suddenly screeched to a halt last march, as they did for many musicians, at the hands of the global pandemic.
Now, over a year since their last gig, the band are gearing up to release ‘SUCKAPUNCH’, their genre-exploding seventh album. We caught up with frontman Josh Franceschi to find out how he’s feeling ahead its release, what he’s been up to this year, and why he loves having haters. Here’s what we learned.
Recording in Thailand forced the band to focus
“We’re guilty of finding reasons to leave the studio” explains Josh of the band’s previous recording habits. “When we’ve made records in Los Angeles, it’s like, ‘who’s playing…