Good Health Good Wealth – Interview with All Music Magazine UK

Interview by Desh Kapur (All Music Magazine UK)

London’s Good Health Good Wealth sound like your best mate talking truth after a 3am kebab — funny, sharp, and way too real. I’m Desh Kapur from All Music Magazine UK, and when we caught up with vocalist/producer Bruce Breakey , it felt less like an interview and more like jumping headfirst into their world — all late nights, big dreams and beats that bang like bad decisions. They blend hip-hop swagger with indie grit, stitching together the chaos of city life into tunes that feel both glorious and grimy. If N.E.R.D. and The Streets had a pint and started a band, this might be the beautiful mess they’d make.

All Music Magazine UK:

Congratulations on the album dropping. Looking back on this year — 17 festivals, major radio support, a European tour with Big Special — how does it feel to arrive at this moment of the debut release?

Bruce:

It feels like a long time coming, we’ve been grafting at this for years so to be able to put out this record that means so much to us is very life affirming.

All Music Magazine UK:

The album’s structure is fascinating: each track corresponds to a day of the week, representing a week that stands in for a decade of your twenties. What sparked that idea, and how did it shape the way you wrote the songs?

Bruce:

We wanted to write something that we were really proud of, and as we were doing it totally independently we had no rules! I personally have always gravitated towards songs with a strong narrative and wanted to make one of our own. It also allowed us to show off the spectrum of our sound without taking away from the record as a whole.

All Music Magazine UK:

In the story you tell, the setting of London plays a major role: the treadmill of city life, balancing relationships, bank balance and sanity. How did living in London influence the mood and narrative of the record?

Bruce:

Massively. I know it’s old hat, but big city life really is such a rat race. Even for people like us who are ducking and diving between jobs, trying to get by in the music industry just means you’re a different rat in a different race, often with a lot less cheese at the finish line.

All Music Magazine UK:

Sonically, you draw from indie rock, drum’n’bass, ska rhythms, summery indie-pop and street-wise lyricism. Which tracks on the album pushed you into new musical territory, and were there moments where you surprised yourselves?

Bruce:

Beautiful Boy seemed like such a grand song when I wrote it originally in lockdown that even though we both loved it, it seemed like such a long way off for us actually releasing it—so it sat there for a while. Once we were creating the album though it became such an integral piece of the puzzle that we had no choice but to knuckle down and finish it. It takes a bit of self belief/madness to put out a 6-minute spoken-word ballad about addiction and your dad, but it seems like it hits people right where we wanted it to.

All Music Magazine UK:

You’ve both written and produced the entire album (with additional production from Joseph Wander and Fredwave, and mixing/mastering by Tom Waterman). What were the biggest advantages — and perhaps toughest challenges — of keeping so much of the process in-house?

Bruce:

The freedom is the biggest advantage and challenge because it allowed us to run with anything that we wanted, but also run away with an idea—so we needed to make sure that we were keeping each other in check throughout the album process. Big shout out to Tom Waterman for being the third member of GHGW through this process with his mixing and mastering expertise.

All Music Magazine UK:

The title track “This Time Next Year We’ll Be Millionaires” closes the record. It’s less about literal millions and more about optimism and survival. What do you hope listeners take from that closing moment?

Bruce:

We want people to finish listening to our album feeling reflective of the past, hopeful for the future and ready to listen to the whole thing all over again.

All Music Magazine UK:

With the upcoming UK & Ireland headline tour already sold out (and a support run with Big Special on the way), how are you preparing for performing the album live? Will the show mirror the album’s “week in the life” structure, or do you have other ideas?

Bruce:

It won’t be an exact play-by-play of the album, but the live show is going to be special, I’ll say that. We’ve got some surprises up our sleeves.

All Music Magazine UK:

A lot of your previous interviews mention your desire to stay authentic — to reflect “real life” rather than chasing trend-driven moments. How do you navigate the pressure of social media, algorithms and the modern music industry while staying true to that vision?

Bruce:

Keep it simple, be as authentic as we possibly can and cut through the noise. It’s a bit of a minefield and you never know what’s going to “hit”, but we are very grateful to have it as it’s allowed us to level the playing field whilst doing everything ourselves.

All Music Magazine UK:

The narrative of the album moves from daily frustrations and escapism through hedonism and bottoming out, to a hopeful rebound. Was there a moment during writing or recording when you realised you had something bigger than just a collection of songs — a true album concept?

Bruce:

I actually wrote a whole script to piece the record together in my own head first, so it was always a concept album rather than a random collection of songs. Maybe that will see the light of day soon as the This Time We’ll Be Millionaires short film — so keep your eyes peeled. We really wanted to make something long-form but still palatable in the world of swiping after two seconds, and I feel like we’ve done that.

All Music Magazine UK:

Looking beyond the release and this tour, where do you see Good Health Good Wealth headed in 2026? Are there ideas already bubbling for what comes next?

Bruce:

More shows, more laughs, more hours spent in our van and another album for you lovely little lot. Big love.

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