Conditions of a Punk is the second studio album by American band Half Alive, released on December 2, 2022, via RCA Records.
Starting in early 2021, Half Alive began promotion of their planned sophomore record, Give Me Your Shoulders, which was announced as a two part album.
The day before the album was released, the band announced the Conditions Of A Punk Tour that would take place in North America and the UK in 2023.
The album title derives from Taylor's personal experiences, who agrees with his past characterization as a "punk" from friends in the egotistical, self-serving connotation of the word.
The songs are therefore informed by a decade of "unlearning what [he] thought Love was", depicting the death of the ego and the punk via the breaking and mending of a heart.
On June 13, 2023, the band announced a second United States leg for the Conditions Of A Punk Tour happening in Fall 2023 with 18 dates.
The band was joined by Thomas Headon on all dates except for the October 18 show at House of Blues in Anaheim, which was opened by Alix Page.
On August 9, 2023, the band announced 3 dates in Texas, a part of the second US leg, along with 5 stops across Mexico, Australia, and New Zealand.
All tracks are written by Josh Taylor, Brett Kramer, and J Tyler Johnson; additional writers are as indicated.