Full Throttle Team Up With Sum 41’s Cone McCaslin on “Generation Of Tomorrow”

The London, Ontario trio’s new single is out now, co-written and produced by McCaslin, who also lends his voice to the track.

For Full Throttle, working with Cone McCaslin means making music with someone who helped inspire them to start a band. Released October 16, “Generation Of Tomorrow” brings the London, Ontario power-punk trio together with the Sum 41 bassist as co-writer, producer and guest vocalist. Mixed by Eric Ratz and mastered by Kristian Montano, the single marks a full-circle moment for a young band raised on Sum 41, blink-182 and NOFX.

“Getting to work with Cone is honestly surreal,” says Full Throttle. “Sum 41 has been a massive influence on us, so having Cone co-write this song with us, produce it and sing on it is something we’d never think possible.”

Full Throttle—Max McGill on guitar and vocals, Evan Levite on bass, and Kaelin Caron on drums—have been developing their identity within Ontario’s punk scene. Their approach draws on the speed and attitude of old-school punk alongside the big choruses of contemporary rock. With McCaslin involved, the connection between their influences and their own songwriting becomes especially tangible.

The lyrics of “Generation Of Tomorrow” turn their attention to surveillance, conformity and the world being handed to the next generation.

“Hush hush cuz your vacuum’s listening” opens the song with a pointed image of surveillance creeping into everyday life. From there, the writing moves through questions of individuality and power, returning repeatedly to a blunt refrain: “I fear for the generation of tomorrow.” There’s frustration here, but also a desire to escape the expectations being handed down. “I want to live out by the sea / Forget about the man I’m made to be” offers a quieter counterpoint to the song’s defiance—a wish for room to decide who to become.

That tension gives the track’s central question its weight: what kind of world is the next generation inheriting, and how much say will they have in it? 

‘Generation of Tomorrow’ isn’t about looking back,” says the band. “It’s about taking everything that inspired us and turning it into something that’s ours.”