PUP SHARE NEW VIDEO FOR “SIBLING RIVALRY” & ADD MORE NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES
POLARIS MUSIC PRIZE LONG-LISTED ALBUM MORBID STUFF OUT NOW VIA LITTLE DIPPER/UNIVERSAL MUSIC
Toronto’s PUP are psyched to release their newest video for the song “Sibling Rivalry”, one of the standout songs on their critically acclaimed, Polaris Music Prize long-listed, Morbid Stuff, out now on Little Dipper / Universal Music Canada. Animated by Martin MacPherson, the “Sibling Rivalry” video tells the story of lead singer Stefan Babcock’s camping adventure with his sister which – in typical PUP tradition – goes horribly, terribly wrong…
Says Babcock about the video, “My sister and I go on pretty wild camping trips every year. Each year they get crazier and crazier, because we’re constantly trying to out-dumb one another. This song is about a couple of those trips. In order to tell some of these very stupid stories, I’ve started drawing really shitty comics. I draw like a 5 year old, but I love doing it. There’s something liberating about diving headfirst into something you know is going to turn out like absolute trash. Luckily for me, my pal Marty is really creative and incredibly good at animation, and he really helped bring these stories to life in this video.”
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.
SPILL ALBUM REVIEW: PUP – MORBID STUFF
PUP
[Single]
(Little Dipper)
Release Date: June 26, 2019
The Morbid Stuff Tour-Pocalypse
Jun 27 – Boise, ID – The Olympic
Jun 28 – Salt Lake City, UT – In The Venue
**SOLD OUT**
Jun 29 – Englewood, CO – Gothic Theatre **SOLD OUT**
Jul 1 – Santa Fe, NM – Meow Wolf **SOLD OUT**
Jul 2 – Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom **SOLD OUT**
Jul 3 – Santa Ana, CA – The Observatory **SOLD OUT**
Jul 6 – Ottawa, ON – RBC Bluesfest
Jul 21 – Toronto, ON – RBC Echo Beach (with Twin Peaks, Cayetana, and Partner)
Aug 9 – Tolmin, SI – Punk Rock Holiday
Aug 10 – Zagreb, Croatia – Mochvara
Aug 11 – Budapest – Dürer Kert
Aug 12 – Prague, Czech Republic – Cafe V Lese
Aug 14 – Bellaria-Igea Marina, IT – Bay Fest
Aug 16-18 – Grosspösna, DE – Highfield Festival
Aug 17 – Hasselt, BE – Pukkelpop
Aug 20 – Bristol, UK – Rough Trade Bristol **SOLD OUT**
Aug 21 – Nottingham, UK – Rough Trade Nottingham **SOLD OUT**
Aug 23 – Reading, UK – Reading Festival
Aug 24 – Leeds, UK – Leeds Festival
Sep 8 – Edmonton, Canada – SONiC Field Day
Sep 11 – Philadelphia, PA – Franklin Music Hall ^ *
Sep 12 – New York, NY – Terminal 5 ^ *
Sep 13 – Baltimore, MD – Rams Head Live! ^ *
Sep 14 – Richmond, VA – The National ^ *
Sep 16 – Jacksonville, FL – 1904 Music Hall ^ &
Sep 17 – Tampa, FL – The Orpheum ^ &
Sep 18 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Culture Room ^ &
Sep 19 – Orlando, FL – The Beacham ^ &
Sep 21 – Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse ^ &
Sep 22 – Birmingham, AL – Saturn ^ &
Sep 23 – Nashville, TN – Cannery Ballroom ^ &
Sep 24 – St. Louis, MO – Delmar Hall ^ &
Sep 26 – Indianapolis, IN – Egyptian Room – Old National Centre ^ &
Sep 27 – Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall ^ &
Sep 28 – Louisville, KY – Headliners Music Hall ^ &
Sep 29 – Grand Rapids, MI – Elevation at the Intersection ^ &
Oct 7 – Victoria, BC – Capital Ballroom +
Oct 8 – Vancouver, BC – Vogue Theatre +
Oct 9 – Vancouver, BC – Vogue Theatre +
Oct 11 – Calgary, AB – MacEwan Hall +
Oct 13 – Saskatoon, SK – Coors Event Centre +
Oct 14 – Winnipeg, MB – The Garrick Centre +
Oct 17 – Kingston, ON – The Ale House +
Oct 22 – Montreal, QC – Théâtre Corona
Oct 23 – Quebec City, QC – Imperial Bell
Oct 25 – Halifax, NS – The Marquee Ballroom (Halifax) ** SOLD OUT**
Oct 26 – St. John’s, NL – Club One
Nov 6 – Amsterdam, NE – Melkweg Oz
Nov 7 – Cologne, DE – Luxor
Nov 9 – Copenhagen, DK – Loppen
Nov 10 – Hamburg, DE – Knust
Nov 11 – Berlin, DE – Bi Nuu
Nov 13 – Vienna, AT – Chelsea
Nov 14 – Munich, DE – Backstage Halle
Nov 15 – Milan, IT – Ohibo
Nov 17 – Antwerp, Belgium – Trix
Nov 18 – Paris, FR – Trabendo
Nov 20 – London, UK – Electric Ballroom
Nov 21 – London, UK – Electric Ballroom
Nov 22 – Bristol, UK – SWX
Nov 23 – Birmingham, UK – Academy 2
Nov 25 – Leeds, UK – Stylus
Nov 26 – Glasgow, UK – The Garage
Nov 28 – Newcastle, UK – The Riverside
Nov 29 – Manchester, UK – Manchester Academy 2
Nov 30 – Southampton, UK – The Loft **SOLD OUT**
^ with support from Illuminati Hotties
+ with support from Charly Bliss
* with support from AJJ
& with support from Potty Mouth
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Photo Credits: Vanessa Heins
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