PUP have released their newest video for the song “Sibling Rivalry,” one of the standout songs on their critically acclaimed new album, Morbid Stuff, out now on Little Dipper/Rise. 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.
The Morbid Stuff Tour-Pocalypse 2019
ALL NEW FALL TOUR DATES:
August 10 – Zagreb, Croatia – Mochvara
August 11 – Budapest – Dürer Kert
August 12 – Prague, Czech Republic – Cafe V Lese
September 8 – Edmonton, Canada – SONiC Field Day
September 11 – Philadelphia, PA – Franklin Music Hall ^ *
September 12 – New York, NY – Terminal 5 ^ *
September 13 – Baltimore, MD – Rams Head Live! ^ *
September 14 – Richmond, VA – The National ^ *
September 16 – Jacksonville, FL – 1904 Music Hall ^ &
September 17 – Tampa, FL – The Orpheum ^ &
September 18 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Culture Room ^ &
September 19 – Orlando, FL – The Beacham ^ &
September 21 – Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse ^ &
September 22 – Birmingham, AL – Saturn ^ &
September 23 – Nashville, TN – Cannery Ballroom ^ &
September 24 – St. Louis, MO – Delmar Hall ^ &
September 26 – Indianapolis, IN – Egyptian Room @ Old National Centre ^ &
September 27 – Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall ^ &
September 28 – Louisville, KY – Headliners Music Hall ^ &
September 29 – Grand Rapids, MI – Elevation at the Intersection ^ &
October 7 – Victoria, BC – Capital Ballroom +
October 8 – Vancouver, BC – Vogue Theatre +
October 9 – Vancouver, BC – Vogue Theatre +
October 11 – Calgary, AB – MacEwan Hall +
October 13 – Saskatoon, SK – Coors Event Centre +
October 14 – Winnipeg, MB – The Garrick Centre +
October 17 – Kingston, ON – The Ale House +
October 22 – Montreal, QC – Théâtre Corona
October 23 – Quebec City, QC – Imperial Bell
October 25 – Halifax, NS – The Marquee Ballroom (Halifax) ** SOLD OUT**
October 26 – St. John’s, NL – Club One
November 6 – Amsterdam, NE – Melkweg Oz
November 7 – Cologne, DE – Luxor
November 9 – Copenhagen, DK – Loppen
November 10 – Hamburg, DE – Knust
November 11 – Berlin, DE – Bi Nuu
November 13 – Vienna, AT – Chelsea
November 14 – Munich, DE – Backstage Halle
November 15 – Milan, IT – Ohibo
November 17 – Antwerp, Belgium – Trix
November 18 – Paris, FR – Trabendo
November 20 – London, UK – Electric Ballroom
November 21 – London, UK – Electric Ballroom
November 22 – Bristol, UK – SWX
November 23 – Birmingham, UK – Academy 2
November 25 – Leeds, UK – Stylus
November 26 – Glasgow, UK – The Garage
November 28 – Newcastle, UK – The Riverside
November 29 – Manchester, UK – Manchester Academy 2
November 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
CURRENT TOUR DATES:
6/27/19 – Boise, ID @ The Olympic
6/28/19 – Salt Lake City, UT @ In The Venue
6/29/19 – Englewood, CO @ Gothic Theatre **SOLD OUT**
7/1/19 – Santa Fe, NM @ Meow Wolf
7/2/19 – Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom **SOLD OUT**
7/3/19 – Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory **SOLD OUT**
7/6/19 Ottawa, ON @ RBC Bluesfest
7/21/19 – Toronto, ON @ RBC Echo Beach (with Twin Peaks, Cayetana, and Partner)
8/9/19 – Tolmin, SI @ Punk Rock Holiday
8/14/19 – Bellaria-Igea Marina, IT @ Bay Fest
8/16/19 – 8/18/19 – Grosspösna, DE @ Highfield Festival
8/17/19 – Hasselt, BE @ Pukkelpop
8/20/19 – Bristol, UK @ Rough Trade Bristol **SOLD OUT**
8/21/19 – Nottingham, UK @ Rough Trade Nottingham **SOLD OUT**
8/23/19 – Reading, UK @ Reading Festival
8/24/19 – Leeds, UK @ Leeds Festival