PUP drop Robot Writes A Love Song; announce new album The Unraveling Of PUPTHEBAND

PUP are set to follow up 2019's brilliant Morbid Stuff with new record The Unraveling Of PUPTHEBAND in just a few months' time.

The excellently-titled number four arrives on April 1 via BMG / Rise Records, and it's described by the Canadian punks as their favourite so far – despite the circumstances in which you can probably guess it was made.

“As the weeks passed, we seemed less and less rational, objective, and sane,” Stefan Babcock says of their writing and recording process, which took place in summer 2021 at a mansion in Connecticut with Peter Katis. “You can hear the band start to fall off the cliff, and because of that, I think this record is our truest and most genuine to date. There is nothing more PUP than a slow and inevitable descent into self-destruction.”

But, he adds, “The whole album process really brought us closer together, even as things unraveled. It’s hands down my favourite PUP record, and I don’t think it could’ve been made under any other circumstances.”

Until the full thing arrives, check out new single Robot Writes A Love Song below:

The full The Unraveling Of PUPTHEBAND tracklist is:

1. Four Chords
2. Totally Fine
3. Robot Writes A Love Song
4. Matilda
5. Relentless
6. Four Chords Pt. II: Five Chords
7. Waiting
8. Habits
9. Cutting Off The Corners
10. Grim Reaping
11. Four Chords Pt. III: Diminishing Returns
12. PUPTHEBAND Inc. Is Filing For Bankruptcy

And the artwork looks like this:

Catch PUP live at the following dates:

February

7 Winnipeg, MB – Burton Cummings Theatre #
8 Winnipeg, MB – Burton Cummings Theatre #
10 Calgary, AB – Big Four #
11 Edmonton, AB – Edmonton Convention Centre #
14 Vancouver, BC – PNE Forum #

March

27 Hamilton, ON – Bridgeworks 
28 Kingston, ON – The Ale House 
29 Peterborough, ON – The Venue 

April

1 Pittsburgh, PA – Roxian Theatre ^ *
2 Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall ^ *
3 Chicago, IL – Riviera Theatre ^ *
5 Minneapolis, MN – The Fillmore ^ *
8 Victoria, BC – Capital Ballroom ^ 
9 Victoria, BC – Capital Ballroom ^
10 Seattle, WA – Showbox SoDo ^
11 Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom ^ +
15 Indio, CA – Coachella Music and Arts Festival
16 Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren ^ +
22 Indio, CA – Coachella Music and Arts Festival
24 Denver, CO – The Ogden Theatre ^ +
27 Dallas, TX – Granada Theater ^ +
28 Houston, TX – House of Blues ^ +
29 Austin, TX – Stubb's Waller Creek Amphitheater ^ +

May

1 Atlanta, GA – Shaky Knees Music Festival
3 Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel ^ +
4 Raleigh, NC – The Ritz ^ +
5 Richmond, VA – The National ^ +
6 Philadelphia, PA – Franklin Music Hall ^ +
7 Washington, DC – The Fillmore Silver Spring ^ +
9 Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom ^ +
10 Boston, MA – House of Blues ^ +
11 New York, NY – Terminal 5 ^ +
13 Montreal, QC – MTelus ^ +
14 Toronto, ON – History ^ +
15 Toronto, ON – History ^ +

July

8 Cheltenham, UK – 2000trees Festival
23 Byron Bay, Australia – Splendour in the Grass

August

24-27 Málaga, Spain – Canela Party Festival

# with Billy Talent and NOBRO
^ with support from Pinkshift
* with support from Cloud Nothings
+ with support from Sheer Mag