I feel like every publication wants to do a video with you, because it’s almost guaranteed to be funny.

It’s funny. I feel like bait, in a way. It’s funny being in that situation where I’m open to do things, or help people out, but to be in something just to get Youtube hits is crazy. I’ve got some crazy fans. I don't know why they like what I do, but they do, and I’m happy about it.

Do you feel like you have to always “turn it on?” Right now, for example, you seem really mellow. Maybe because you're hungover.

There’s sometimes where I do turn it on a little bit. Like, I put my address on the end of my album and I’ve been having a shitload of people come over. At first I would turn on for them a little bit, but now I’m so used to it. I’m not gonna change the way I'm feeling for some other person.

You lived in a Brooklyn DIY space before this, right?

I lived on Myrtle and Broadway at this place called the Meat Wallet. I lived there with my guitarist. They don't really do shows that much, but there's a bunch of musicians living in there. Some guys from like PC Worship started it a couple of years back, maybe like six or seven years ago. I moved here and didn't have anywhere to go. When we got that spot it was really cheap and was in a good central location for Brooklyn, I guess. It was good to be there for a while but there were no windows and it’s kinda dirty. It’s like living in a DIY spot.

Do you tend to feel connected to the DIY scenes in the places you live?

When I lived in Vancouver, I felt like part of the scene, even though I was kinda doing a little bit different music. I was involved with the No Wave, noisy, puniy scene in Vancouver. All of my friends were in those bands. I was doing this kinda pop guitar shit so they were like “Ok! Thats cool. You're not as punk as us.” Montreal was kinda disjointed in a way. The French bands never play with the English bands. The people don't really hang out that much. It didn't have a scene vibe to it it, like everybody is doing there own project and doesn't really correlate. It’s weird. Now I think it’s a little better. I think there’s a venue called the [redacted] that my friends run. Don't put the name of that in the article because they could get shut down.

Is there anything you're excited about that's happening in New York?

Before I moved here, we were already playing Webster Hall and shit. I know a lot of my friends' bands. I’ve never really been a part of the local scene. The great thing about New York is every band that I know from out of town or from festivals or from touring—they all come here.

What’s up with all the stage diving?

That shits crazy. I'm probably gonna hurt myself really bad one of these days. I don't know, its fun. It's fun for me, and it’s one of those “whoooaaa” moments for the crowd. Maybe I won't do it tonight [editor's note: he did]. We’ll see. If you get in the rock n' roll mood, you gotta rock and roll.