Mike Davenport of The Ataris talks with Punktastic:

It’s both. It’s both. It’s the resurgence. I can’t say enough about how punk rock, pop punk is back. It’s a beautiful thing. There was a time when what people call emo or screamo, that kind of thing, kind of took over from I would say maybe 2008 to 2015. And things were a lot tougher for pop punk bands, especially in America. So I do believe that there is a resurgence, especially in America and here in Europe as well. Because of bands like Green Day and The Offspring and Blink 182, everybody has come back. All of us, other bands that are the next level below, like Alkaline Trio and The Ataris and bands like that… Less Than Jake… we’ve all seen a resurgence as well. So it’s timing, right? I try to equate it to when we came up in the late 90s. It’s the same timing is happening then as now. I have a 14 year old and my 14 year old is hardcore into punk rock, and I get to see his perspective of me. He loves Green Day. He loves Pierce the Veil. That’s his jam: Sleeping with Sirens, that kind of thing. And his dad just happens to be in The Ataris. So it works out well. He does like those bands more than The Ataris, I’ll tell you that. But he can appreciate us as well.