As the opener of the eponymous album, “Conditions Of A Punk” serves as a prologue for the narrative presented through the succeeding songs. Frontman Josh Taylor bitterly looks back on a failing relationship, realizing that what he expected from love is not what he received.

Opening the album with a disillusioned Josh employs the in medias res trope, wherein the story begins in the middle of the action and exposition is filled in gradually. The following song “Summerland” acts as the narrative’s true beginning as it flashes back to the relationship’s origins. The track also introduces seasonal motifs that are fleshed out through the rest of the album, beginning with the mention of summer.