Pup have released a pair of B-sides from the sessions for their 2022 album The Unraveling Of Puptheband. Titled “How to Live with Yourself” and “Smoke Screen,” the previously unreleased tracks arrive as the band is touring Europe (grab tickets here).
“How to Live with Yourself” was the first song written for The Unraveling and came out of the band looking to “start with something simple and fun,” vocalist/guitarist Stefan Babcock explained in a statement. As such, the song features upbeat, catchy melodies and lyrics about learning to “cut the cord” from a relationship, capturing “exactly what this band is about.”
In contrast, “Smoke Screen” slows down the pace without being any less hooky: “I’m just an old cord you don’t need anymore/ I wanna love you but you’ve changed.” Babcock said the song came from a riff by bassist Nestor Chumak, who wanted to do a “sludgey” version of Pup.
“How to Live with Yourself” was the first song written for The Unraveling and came out of the band looking to “start with something simple and fun,” vocalist/guitarist Stefan Babcock explained in a statement. As such, the song features upbeat, catchy melodies and lyrics about learning to “cut the cord” from a relationship, capturing “exactly what this band is about.”
In contrast, “Smoke Screen” slows down the pace without being any less hooky: “I’m just an old cord you don’t need anymore/ I wanna love you but you’ve changed.” Babcock said the song came from a riff by bassist Nestor Chumak, who wanted to do a “sludgey” version of Pup.
- 6/7/2023
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Music
Toronto punk band Pup envision their future selves in their new video for “Kids.” The song will appear on their forthcoming album, Morbid Stuff, which is available for pre-order and will be released on April 5th via Little Dipper/Rise Records.
The Jeremy Schaulin-Rioux-directed visual is set in the year 2059, the band has broken up and frontman Stefan Babcock has gone missing. Bassist Nestor Chumak manages a pizza joint and is a dad at odds with his Vr-obsessed daughter, drummer Zack Mykula is busking in the streets and guitarist...
The Jeremy Schaulin-Rioux-directed visual is set in the year 2059, the band has broken up and frontman Stefan Babcock has gone missing. Bassist Nestor Chumak manages a pizza joint and is a dad at odds with his Vr-obsessed daughter, drummer Zack Mykula is busking in the streets and guitarist...
- 1/31/2019
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
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