Stefan Babcock: Last News

PUP have dropped details of new live EP, ‘PUP UNRAVELS LIVE IN FRONT OF EVERYONE THEY KNOW’.The EP, which was recorded across several hometown shows in Toronto whilst the band were out on tour earlier this year, is due to arrive on October 16. It also serves as a follow on from the bands latest album ‘THE UNRAVELING OF PUP THE BAND’, which dropped earlier this year.“PUP UNRAVELS LIVE IN FRONT OF EVERYONE THEY KNOW. A disastrous live EP recorded at our 2 Toronto shows.

PUP have announced a new album, ‘Who Will Look After The Dogs?’ and released a new single, ‘Hallways’.The band’s new single follows their recent single ‘Paranoid’ and finds frontman Stefan Babcock mourning a break-up – “The first night without you/I collapsed on the living room floor/What the hell am I gonna do if I can never see you anymore?”Babcock also references the album’s title in the second verse – “I’m losing the will to keep dragging on/But I can’t die yеt ’cause who will look after the dog?”The album, PUP’s fifth LP, will be released on May 2 via Little Dipper/Rise. It is the follow-up to 2022’s ‘The Unraveling of PUPTheBand’.“Within days of announcing our last album, coincidentally titled ‘The Unraveling of PUPTHEBAND’, my life unexpectedly imploded. I wrote the lyrics for ‘Hallways’ while all that was going on.

PUP have shared their new single ‘Paranoid’ and have announced the details of their 2025 UK and European tour.Produced by John Congleton (St. Vincent, Lana Del Rey, Wallows), the raging track ‘Paranoid’ features trashing drums, fiery guitars and frontman Stefan Babcock’s strong vocals.

PUP have shared a new song called ‘Matilda’ alongside details of a UK and Ireland headline tour.The track will appear on the Toronto punk band’s fourth album ‘THE UNRAVELING OF PUPTHEBAND’, which is released on April 1 via BMG/Rise Records (pre-order from here).Following on from previous singles ‘Robot Writes A Love Song’ and ‘Waiting’, PUP’s latest track ‘Matilda’ was inspired by frontman Stefan Babcock’s “favourite guitar” of the same name.“She was a gift from my friend Ryan, after watching me accidentally break the only guitar I owned in the middle of a long tour,” Babcock said. “I had no money to buy a replacement, and Ryan’s act of kindness is up there on my list of ‘nicest things anyone’s ever done for me’.“I played Matilda nonstop for 7 years at every PUP show, even when my bandmates started complaining that she sounded like shit.

PUP have shared details of their fourth album, ‘THE UNRAVELING OF PUPTHEBAND’, and with it have released the single ‘Robot Writes A Love Song’.‘THE UNRAVELING OF PUPTHEBAND’ arrives on April 1 via BMG/Rise Records and is available to pre-order here. It follows 2019’s ‘Morbid Stuff‘.The album was recorded and mixed over the course of five weeks last summer in Grammy Award-winning producer Peter Katis’ “bat-filled mansion in Connecticut”.According to press material, the record hears the punk band incorporate new instruments including piano, synths, horns and more for the first time while locked down to record.Remote collaborations came from Sarah Tudzin of Illuminati Hotties, Kathryn McCaughey of NOBRO, Mel St-Pierre of Casper Skulls, and Erik Paulson of Remo Drive.‘Robot Writes A Love Song’ was written in 15 minutes, with singer Stefan Babcock recording his vocals in the backseat of his car. It’s described as being “written from the perspective of a computer being overwhelmed unto death by actual human emotions”.‘THE UNRAVELING OF PUPTHEBAND’ tracklist:01. ‘Four Chords’02. ‘Totally Fine’03. ‘Robot Writes A Love Song’04. ‘Matilda’05. ‘Relentless’06. ‘Four Chords Pt. II: Five Chords’07. ‘Waiting’08. ‘Habits’09. ‘Cutting Off The Corners’10. ‘Grim Reaping’11. ‘Four Chords Pt. III: Diminishing Returns’12. ‘PUPTHEBAND Inc. Is Filing For Bankruptcy’ Last year PUP released other album singles ‘Waiting’ and ‘Kill Something’ alongside sharing details of a North American tour that kicks off in April.In January 2021, the band performed a career-spanning set for NPR’s Tiny Desk series.

Their first new music for 2020

Canadian pop-punk band PUP are back with their first new single since last year's stellar LP Morbid Stuff. "Anaphylaxis" is streaming above with a claymation video from Callum Scott-Dyson.

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