PUP have shared two new singles, ‘Waiting’ and ‘Kill Something’, as well as details for their long-awaited return to the stage.One of the band’s heavier cuts, ‘Waiting’ is an explosive punk rager driven by a tearing lead riff and wailing distortion.
That’s levelled out with a bright and lively vocal performance by frontman Stefan Babcock.In a statement, Babcock explained that the track “came about by smashing the heaviest riff Nestor could write with the simplest, most uplifting chorus I could write, just to see what would happen”.“The results were very quintessentially PUP,” he continued, “in that the song is a flurry of darkness and anger through the joyous lens of four guys just happy to be here, four guys who don’t take themselves.
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