WATCH PUP PERFORM “KIDS” ON LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS HERE
LISTEN AND SHARE “SIBLING RIVALRY” + “SCORPION HILL” HERE
MORBID STUFF DUE OUT APRIL 5 VIA LITTLE DIPPER / UNIVERSAL MUSIC CANADA
THE MORBID STUFF TOUR-POCALYPSE 2019 BEGINS MARCH 26
PRE-ORDER MORBID STUFF HERE
“While Toronto’s major international breakout acts of this decade have mostly made pop, hip-hop and R&B. PUP are a rare exception – a band racking up award nominations, streaming and chart numbers, YouTube views and worldwide fans, and doing it by making scrappy punk-influenced guitar rock.” – NOW Toronto
"With singalong ready – yet downright nihilistic – refrains and a pristine punk sound, PUP’s 'Kids' has the makings of an apocalyptic anthem." - NPR Music (Night Shift)
"It's raucous and death-obsessed and silly all at once, packed with chant-along vocals and spindly riffs. " - Noisey
“Charging gleefully towards insanity…’Kids’ embraces the misery by wrapping it in melodic, driven punk chords and thunderous gang-vocals.” - Consequence of Sound
“The [Late Night with Seth Meyers] performance found frontman Stefan Babcock alternating between a conversational sneer and a full-throated wail as he unspooled the song’s lyrics about finding that one person that makes the misery of life just a bit more bearable...a blistering rendition” - Rolling Stone
“[PUP] showed a whole ton of intensity and enthusiasm [on Late Night with Seth Meyers]...Let’s get on this earlier, late-night bookers!” - Stereogum
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Toronto’s very own punk powerhouse – PUP – will release their new record Morbid Stuff in April, and today the band shares not one but two new songs from the album – “Sibling Rivalry” and “Scorpion Hill”. "Sibling Rivalry" is a song for Stefan's sister and their annual disaster-filled camping trips, and the epic "Scorpion Hill", which Stefan says is "about embracing your demons and finding some humour in the darkness," is the longest PUP song ever released, with an accordion outro to boot.
LISTEN AND SHARE “SIBLING RIVALRY” + “SCORPION HILL” HERE
PUP also made their late night television debut this week, performing the hell out of Morbid Stuff’s lead single, “Kids”, on Late Night with Seth Meyers.
WATCH PUP PERFORM “KIDS” ON LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS HERE
This Spring, PUP will embark on a North America, UK and Europe tour in support of Morbid Stuff. All Canadian dates are already sold out, as are New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Portland, Minneapolis, Washington DC, Toronto, Brussels, Paris, Berlin, Hamburg, Amsterdam, Cologne and all of the U.K. The band also just announced a hometown show in Toronto at Echo Beach on July 21st, with support from Twin Peaks and Charly Bliss. See below to find a show near you, and grab your tickets HERE as these are selling fast.
Formed in Toronto five years ago, PUP – comprised of Stefan Babcock, Nestor Chumak, Zack Mykula, and Steve Sladowski – quickly became favorites of the punk scene with their first two, critically-beloved albums, winning accolades everywhere from the New York Times to Pitchfork, from NPR and Rolling Stone, and more. Now, with Morbid Stuff, PUP have grown up and doubled down on everything that made you love their first two records. It’s gang’s-all-here vocals, guitarmonies, and lyrics about death. Lots of them. Fitting to their ethos, their new album takes the dichotomy of fun and emotional wreckage in their songs and teeters between gleeful chaos and bleak oblivion while wielding some of the best choruses the band has ever written. It’s the most insightful, sweetest, funniest, sickest, angriest, saddest and most inescapably desperate collection of songs they’ve recorded to date. If their self-titled record was the fuse and The Dream Is Over was the bomb going off, Morbid Stuff is your family sifting through the rubble, only to find you giggling while you bleed to death.
WATCH AND SHARE “KIDS” OFFICIAL VIDEO HERE
WATCH AND SHARE “FREE AT LAST” HERE
THE MORBID STUFF TOURPOCALYPSE
3/26/19 - Calgary, AB @ Commonwealth & **SOLD OUT**
3/27/19 - Edmonton, AB @ Starlite & **SOLD OUT**
3/29/19 - Vancouver, BC @ Wise Hall = & **SOLD OUT**
4/3/19 - London, ON @ Rum Runners ? **SOLD OUT**
4/8/19 Kingston, UK @ The Fighting Cocks ! **SOLD OUT**
4/9/19 - Bristol, UK @ The Fleece % ! **SOLD OUT**
4/10/19 - London, UK @ The Garage % ! **SOLD OUT**
4/11/19 - Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club % ! **SOLD OUT**
4/12/19 - Glasgow, UK @ Cathouse % ! **SOLD OUT**
4/14/19 - Paris, FR @ La Boule Noire ! **SOLD OUT**
4/15/19 - Dunkirk, FR @ Les 4Ecluses !
4/16/19 - Brussels, BE @ AB Club ! **SOLD OUT**
4/18/19 - Berlin, DE @ Cassiopeia ! **SOLD OUT**
4/19/19 - Hamburg, DE @ Hafenklang ! **SOLD OUT**
4/20/19 - Cologne, DE @ MTC Club ! **SOLD OUT**
4/21/19 - Amsterdam, NE @ Upstairs @ Paradiso ! **SOLD OUT**
4/25/19 - Boston, MA @ Royale # ^ **SOLD OUT**
4/26/19 - Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel # ^ **SOLD OUT**
4/29/19 - Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer # ^ **SOLD OUT**
4/30/19 - Pittsburgh, PA @ REX Theater $ ^ **SOLD OUT**
5/1/19 - Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom $ ^
5/3/19 - Pontiac, MI @ Crofoot Ballroom $ ^
5/4/19 - Chicago, IL @ Metro $ ^ **SOLD OUT**
5/5/19 - Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line Music Cafe $ ^ **SOLD OUT**
5/6/19 - Lawrence, KS @ Granada Theater $
5/8/19 - Dallas, TX @ Trees $ ^
5/9/19 - Austin, TX @ The Mohawk $ ^
5/10/19 - Houston, TX @ Rockefeller's $ ^
5/11/19 - New Orleans, LA @ One Eyed Jacks $ ^
5/13/19 - Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West $ ^ **SOLD OUT**
5/14/19 - Carrboro, NC @ Cat's Cradle $ ^
5/15/19 - Asheville, NC @ The Grey Eagle $ ^
5/17/19 - Washington, DC @ The Black Cat $ ^ **SOLD OUT**
5/18/19 - Boston, MA @ Royale $ ^ **SOLD OUT**
5/19/19 - Sainte-Therese, QC @ Santa Teresa Festival
5/21/19 - Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom $ ^
5/22/19 - Cincinnati, OH @ Bogarts $ ^
5/23/19 - Chicago, IL @ Metro $ ^
6/7/19 - Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall # **SOLD OUT**
6/8/19 - Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall # **SOLD OUT**
6/19/19 - San Diego, CA @ The Irenic + ^
6/20/19 - Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom + ^ **SOLD OUT**
6/21/19 - Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom + ^ **SOLD OUT**
6/22/19 - San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore + ^ **SOLD OUT**
6/24/19 - Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom + ^ **SOLD OUT**
6/25/19 - Seattle, WA @ The Showbox + ^
6/27/19 - Boise, ID @ The Olympic + ^
6/28/19 - Salt Lake City, UT @ In The Venue + ^
6/29/19 - Englewood, CO @ Gothic Theatre + ^
7/1/19 - Santa Fe, NM @ Meow Wolf + ^
7/2/19 - Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom + ^
7/3/19 - Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory + ^
7/4/19 Ottawa, ON @ RBC Bluesfest
7/21/19 - Toronto, ON @ RBC Echo Beach ~
8/6/19 Tolmin, SI @ Punk Rock Holiday
8/12/19 Bellaria-Igea Marina, IT @ Bay Fest
8/16/19 Grosspösna, DE @ Highfield Festival
8/23/19 Reading, UK @ Reading Festival
8/24/19 Leeds, UK @ Leeds Festival
# - with support from Diet Cig
^ - with support from Ratboys
! - with support from Milk Teeth
% - with support from Gender Roles
$ - with support from Casper Skulls
+ - with support from Beach Bunny
~ - with support from Twin Peaks & Charly Bliss
& - with support from BRASS
= - with support from Pkew Pkew Pkew
? - with support from The Drew Thomson Foundation
MORBID STUFF TRACKLIST
01 Morbid Stuff
02 Kids
03 Free At Last
04 See You At Your Funeral
05 Scorpion Hill
06 Closure
07 Bloody Mary, Kate and Ashley
08 Sibling Rivalry
09 Full Blown Meltdown
10 Bare Hands
11 City