Pup, Palehound, The OBGMS

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Vanessa Heins

PUP

PUP plays straightforward noisy pop punk, with a sense of humor — its latest album is called The Unraveling of PUPTHEBAND. Songs can meander without obvious hooks, but the music is never less than passionate. With Palehound, The OBGMS. Read Stephen Coss' concert preview here.

$35 ($28 adv.).

media release: Toronto punk band PUP is coming through Madison at The Sylvee on September 8 for their Fall run of shows supporting the new record THE UNRAVELING OF PUPTHEBAND. For a taste of what to expect from the live show, check out their recent performance of “Waiting” on Late Night With Seth Meyers HERE.

The album was recorded and mixed over the course of five weeks in the summer of 2021, in GRAMMY Award-winning producer Peter Katis’ bat-filled mansion in Connecticut. Full of typically furious, ridiculous and anthemic songs, the recording process allowed PUP to push themselves further than ever before. With more time in the studio, they were able to craft their songs sonically in a way they were unable to in the past, and allowed themselves to incorporate new instruments like piano, synths, horns, and more for the first time. Though made in madness-inducing isolation (aside from Peter and the bats, of course), PUP were remotely joined on the album by Sarah from Illuminati Hotties, Kathryn from NOBRO, Mel from Casper Skulls, and Erik from Remo Drive. The result is not just the next PUP record, but the *most* PUP record.

“The Toronto band Pup has long made frenetic punk-pop with neat verse-chorus-bridge structures underlying Stefan Babcock’s raucously overwrought and fully self-aware lead vocals.” - New York Times

“PUP’s fourth album, “The Unraveling of PUPTheBand,” finds the quartet completely removing any of the limits left on their music, pushing things as far as possible” - The New Yorker

"The new songs are boisterous, catchy, and meta while also earnestly wading through the nuances of depression in a manner often reserved for “confessional” indie rock. PUP sound happiest when they’re taking shots at their own mental illness through punchlines, gang vocals, and chipper riffs. Perhaps that’s why their records are an instant mood-booster.” - Pitchfork

“Hearts on their sleeves, the group captures the rage and frustration of human fallibility with crashing drums and infectious irreverence" - NPR Music

“transmuting life’s frustrations into unhinged visceral joy” - Stereogum (Album of the Week)

"a triumphant, impassioned punk record full of massive choruses and dumb jokes." - The FADER