Brendan Murphy is heavy music’s pre-eminent cat dad. Sure, Darkthrone legend Fenriz managed to get himself elected to local office in his native Norway thanks largely to photos with his fur baby Peanut Butter, and Obituary drummer Donald Tardy actually runs his own cat rescue charity – known as Metal Meowlisha – down in Florida, but the Counterparts frontman has a special bond with his feline friends. So much so that 2022’s landmark seventh album A Eulogy For Those Still Here was largely written about the slow demise of four-legged companion Kuma who passed away that September. Joining us on a cool Tuesday afternoon at his home in Hamilton, Ontario, Brendan is accompanied by new moggy Kori who watches intently as he unpacks his band’s surprise-dropped new EP Heaven Let ...