PUP Detail 'Morbid Stuff,' Share New Song "Kids"

The band have also mapped out a world tour

BY Calum SlingerlandPublished Jan 15, 2019

After a band-issued zine revealed the release date of a new PUP album titled Morbid Stuff last week, the group have now detailed their third studio album.

Arriving April 5, Morbid Stuff runs 11 tracks in length and features songs titled "See You at Your Funeral," "Bloody Mary, Kate and Ashley" and "Full Blown Meltdown." It's set to arrive through the band's own label Little Dipper/Universal.

PUP had finished recording Morbid Stuff in May of last year, tracking the effort at at Union Sound Company in Toronto with Dave Schiffman and Darren McGill. The album follows 2016's The Dream Is Over.

Alongside the announcement, the band have shared a first single titled "Kids," which you can hear in the players below.

"'Kids' is a love song from one nihilistic depressive to another," frontman Stefan Babcock explained in a statement. "It's about what happens when you stumble across the only other person on the face of this godless, desolate planet that thinks everything is as twisted and as fucked up as you do. And thanks to them, the world starts to seem just a little less bleak. But only slightly — it's still pretty fucked up to be honest."

PUP have also announced a lengthy tour behind the album that will kick off in March, and you can find the dates for that below. Further ticketing and tour info can be found through the band's official website.

UPDATE (1/18, 11:00 a.m. EST): PUP have added a second hometown show in Toronto. They will return to the Danforth Music Hall on June 8 — and they've warned that "this is the last one no matter how fast it sells out."

UPDATE (2/19, 4:40 p.m. EST): PUP have now booked a Toronto show at RBC Echo Beach on July 21. Twin Peaks and Charly Bliss will open.


Morbid Stuff is available for pre-order here.

Morbid Stuff:

1. Morbid Stuff
2. Kids
3. Free at Last
4. See You at Your Funeral
5. Scorpion Hill
6. Closure
7. Bloody Mary, Kate and Ashley
8. Sibling Rivalry
9. Full Blown Meltdown
10. Bare Hands
11. City

Tour dates:

03/26 Calgary, AB - Commonwealth
03/27 Edmonton, AB - Starlite
03/29 Vancouver, BC - Wise Hall
04/03 London, ON - Rum Runners
04/09 Bristol, UK - The Fleece
04/10 London, UK - The Garage
04/11 Leeds, UK - Community Room at Brudenell Social Club
04/12 Glasgow, UK - Cathouse
04/14 Paris, FR - La Boule Noire
04/15 Dunkirk, FR - Les 4Ecluses
04/16 Brussels, BE - AB Club
04/18 Berlin, DE - Cassiopeia
04/19  Hamburg, DE - Hafenklang
04/20 Cologne, DE - MTC Club
04/21 Amsterdam, NE - Upstairs - Paradiso
04/25 Boston, MA - Royale # ^
04/26 Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Steel ^
04/29 Philly, PA - Union Transfer # ^
04/30 Pittsburgh, PA - REX Theater ^
05/01 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom ^
05/03 Pontiac, MI - Crofoot Ballroom ^
05/04 Chicago, IL - Metro ^
05/05 Minneapolis, MN - Fine Line Music Cafe ^
05/06 Lawrence, KS - Granada Theater
05/08 Dallas, TX - Trees ^
05/09 Austin, TX - The Mohawk ^
05/10 Houston, TX - Rockefeller's ^
05/11 New Orleans, LA - One Eyed Jacks ^
05/13 Atlanta, GA - Terminal West ^
05/14 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle ^
05/15 Asheville, NC - The Grey Eagle ^
05/17 Washington, DC - The Black Cat ^
06/07 Toronto, ON - Danforth Music Hall # ^
06/08 Toronto, ON - Danforth Music Hall # ^
06/19  San Diego, CA - The Irenic ^
06/20 Los Angeles, CA - Teragram Ballroom ^
06/21 Los Angeles, CA - Teragram Ballroom ^
06/22 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore ^
06/24 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge ^
06/25 Seattle, WA - The Showbox ^
06/27 Boise, ID - The Olympic ^
06/28 Salt Lake City, UT - In The Venue ^
06/29 Englewood, CO - Gothic Theatre ^
07/01 Santa Fe, NM - Meow Wolf ^
07/02 Phoenix, AZ - Valley Bar ^
07/03 Santa Ana, CA - Constellation Room ^
07/21 Toronto, ON - RBC Echo Beach *
 
# with Diet Cig
^ with Ratboys
* with Twin Peaks, Charly Bliss
 

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