Just after 1pm Pacific Time, the Zoom splash screen dissolved to reveal the blonde tips of Alexander Miranda’s hair. Miranda is the front person and founder of Underpass, a band straddled between new wave and punk, birthed in the clouds and rain of the Pacific Northwest and baked in the sun of San Diego. Miranda has since returned to Vancouver, bringing with him a refined sound and two musically unique albums. I sat down with the artist to speak with him about punk, politics and music in the technological age. So what exactly is punk? As with many genres, this can be a challenging question to answer. Punk has many offshoots and reboots, each with different tempos, moods, and styles.For many, the genre is associated very closely with the sound of hardcore punk. Contemporary femcore or queercore punk bands such as Moscow’s Pussy Riot, Seattle’s Mommy Long Legs and Toronto’s DILLY DALLY are some prime examples of this sound; they all use radical forms of expre