Welcome to ’60 Minutes or less’ - a podcast from Birthday Cake For Breakfast - where for episode 74, it's a treat to feature an interview with Jeremy Gaudet of Canadian indie rockers Kiwi Jr.!
During deepest, darkest Covid times, Kiwi Jr. released the album ’Cooler Returns’ - a lockdown record that I was completely obsessed with at the time (and still am a bit, to be fair…) I described it back then as sounding like a big knees up between Dylan, The Byrds and Jonathan Richman on the set of 'The Adventures of Pete & Pete'.
Cut to 2026 and, free from Covid, the band have just released ‘Blowin' Up’, their fourth studio album and first via their new home of K Records. In the run up to the release of the album, the band suggested that this time around, being “Tired of Throwin' Up & Growin' Up, Kiwi Jr. are finally Blowin' Up.”
I caught up with Jeremy over Zoom in July 2026, a month ahead of release and smack bang in the middle of the World Cup. We spoke of footie briefly, but spent more time talking about the new record, as well as working with Jay McCarrol of Nirvana the Band the Show, being DIY, The Lemonheads’ muse Polly Noonan and playing and recording in Detroit.
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