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. ItвЂ™s super exciting to be back at it again. Hopefully, weвЂ™re going to be able to continue and that weвЂ™re past the worst of this вЂ“ fingers crossed. Then as of the end of last year, we did our first tour вЂ“ Back at It Again вЂ“ which was amazing, and now weвЂ™re on the road. We did a couple of virtual shows, which was neat and it was something, but of course, nothingвЂ™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, вЂњOkay, weвЂ™re going to have to postpone a few thingsвЂќ, to вЂњEverything should be fine in a few monthsвЂќ, and then eventually cancelling things and realising that we werenвЂ™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?Дerek Sanders: ItвЂ™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 вЂ“ 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 вЂњIt Is What It IsвЂќ 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.Д«ut, 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 ParadeвЂ™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.

Mayday parade stay with me