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Canadian punk/indie band PUP will release a new album titled The Unraveling of Puptheband on April 1.
Recorded over the summer of 2021 in Connecticut at the “bat-filled mansion” of producer Peter Katis, the record was announced on Tuesday along with the premiere of a music video for “Robot Writes a Love Song,” which a news release describes as coming from “the perspective of a computer being overwhelmed unto death by actual human emotions.”
The circumstances of the album’s recording process, which came during the still-present COVID-19 pandemic and in the aforementioned “bat-filled mansion,” lent itself to a particularly inspired setting. As a news release states:
With more time in the studio, they were able to craft their songs sonically in a way they were unable to in the past, and allowed themselves to incorporate new instruments like piano, synths, horns, and more for the first time. Though made in madness-inducing isolation (aside from Peter and the bats, of course), PUP were remotely joined on the album by Sarah from Illuminati Hotties, Kathryn from NOBRO, Mel from Casper Skulls, and Erik from Remo Drive. The result is not just the next PUP record, but the *most* PUP record.
New album 'THE UNRAVELING OF PUPTHEBAND' out April 1. New song + vid for "Robot Writes A Love Song” out now. Watch / pre-order the record / buy tix: https://t.co/mjZAratgD0
Cover art by @beefstrong pic.twitter.com/5R1CTt6Wq3
— PUP (@puptheband) January 18, 2022
The album’s aesthetic has a certain quirky aspect to it, as revealed in this video the band shared last week:
Another song shared recently as a preview of the new record is “Waiting”:
PUP’s most recent studio album is 2019’s Morbid Stuff, a record that pushed the band to new audiences.
The band also has a slew of tour dates coming up soon, including a coveted spot at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in April:
2/7/22 – Winnipeg, MB – Burton Cummings Theatre #
2/8/22 – Winnipeg, MB – Burton Cummings Theatre #
2/10/22 – Calgary, AB – Big Four #
2/11/22 – Edmonton, AB – Edmonton Convention Centre #
2/14/22 – Vancouver, BC – PNE Forum #
3/27/22 – Hamilton, ON – Bridgeworks
3/28/22 – Kingston, ON – The Ale House
3/29/22 – Peterborough, ON – The Venue
4/1/22 – Pittsburgh, PA – Roxian Theatre ^ *
4/2/22 – Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall ^ *
4/3/22 – Chicago, IL – Riviera Theatre ^ *
4/5/22 – Minneapolis, MN – The Fillmore ^ *
4/8/22 – Victoria, BC – Capital Ballroom ^
4/9/22 – Victoria, BC – Capital Ballroom ^
4/10/22 – Seattle, WA – Showbox SoDo ^
4/11/22 – Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom ^ +
4/15/22 – Indio, CA – Coachella Music and Arts Festival
4/22/22 – Indio, CA – Coachella Music and Arts Festival
4/16/22 – Phoenix, AZ – The Van Buren ^ +
4/24/22 – Denver, CO – The Ogden Theatre ^ +
4/27/22 – Dallas, TX – Granada Theater ^ +
4/28/22 – Houston, TX – House of Blues ^ +
4/29/22 – Austin, TX – Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater ^ +
5/1/22 – Atlanta, GA – Shaky Knees Music Festival
5/3/22 – Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel ^ +
5/4/22 – Raleigh, NC – The Ritz ^ +
5/5/22 – Richmond, VA – The National ^ +
5/6/22 – Philadelphia, PA – Franklin Music Hall ^ +
5/7/22 – Washington, DC – The Fillmore Silver Spring ^ +
5/9/22 – Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom ^ +
5/10/22 – Boston, MA – House of Blues ^ +
5/11/22 – New York, NY – Terminal 5 ^ +
5/13/22 – Montreal, QC – MTelus ^ +
5/14/22 – Toronto, ON – History ^ +
5/15/22 – Toronto, ON – History ^ +
7/8/22 – Cheltenham, UK – 2000trees Festival
7/23/22 – Byron Bay, Australia – Splendour in the Grass
8/24/22 – 8/27/22 – Málaga, Spain – Canela Party Festival
# with Billy Talent & NOBRO
^ with support from Pinkshift
* with support from Cloud Nothings
+ with support from Sheer Mag
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