PUP have shared a video from "Matilda," the latest single from their upcoming album THE UNRAVELING OF PUPTHEBAND.
The song is a towering punk anthem about a beloved guitar that gets forgotten and replaced. It's based on true events, since it's inspired by (and named after) singer Stefan Babcock's guitar.
He said in a statement:
Matilda is the name of my favourite guitar. 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. 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 seven years at every PUP show, even when my bandmates started complaining that she sounded like shit. As the band got bigger, the pressure to sound better was building and so I bought a 'good' guitar and played Matilda less and less. Before I knew it I hadn't played her in over a year. I wrote this song based on this intense feeling of guilt and sadness and shame and nostalgia and regret, watching her rot away in a corner. I love this guitar and I love Ryan and wanted to do right by them, and I felt like I'd failed them both. I convinced the band that Matilda deserved one last rip on a PUP record, and I played her during the bridge of this song. It sounds so shitty. But good shitty. Great shitty. For me, it was the most joyful and cathartic moment in the entire making of this record.
The video brings the story to life, as someone sells their old guitar to a pawn shop. It's directed by Jefferson Dutton, and co-stars Mike Mitchell of Netflix's Love (and the Doughboys podcast). Watch it below.
THE UNRAVELING OF PUPTHEBAND is out on April 1 via Little Dipper. See the band's tour schedule here.
The song is a towering punk anthem about a beloved guitar that gets forgotten and replaced. It's based on true events, since it's inspired by (and named after) singer Stefan Babcock's guitar.
He said in a statement:
Matilda is the name of my favourite guitar. 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. 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 seven years at every PUP show, even when my bandmates started complaining that she sounded like shit. As the band got bigger, the pressure to sound better was building and so I bought a 'good' guitar and played Matilda less and less. Before I knew it I hadn't played her in over a year. I wrote this song based on this intense feeling of guilt and sadness and shame and nostalgia and regret, watching her rot away in a corner. I love this guitar and I love Ryan and wanted to do right by them, and I felt like I'd failed them both. I convinced the band that Matilda deserved one last rip on a PUP record, and I played her during the bridge of this song. It sounds so shitty. But good shitty. Great shitty. For me, it was the most joyful and cathartic moment in the entire making of this record.
The video brings the story to life, as someone sells their old guitar to a pawn shop. It's directed by Jefferson Dutton, and co-stars Mike Mitchell of Netflix's Love (and the Doughboys podcast). Watch it below.
THE UNRAVELING OF PUPTHEBAND is out on April 1 via Little Dipper. See the band's tour schedule here.
