PUP: PUP [SIDEONEDUMMY]

Why you'll love it

The debut album from one of Toronto's loudest exports, ten fast, funny, shout-along punk songs including "Reservoir," "Guilt Trip" and "Lionheart." It is the record that took them from basement shows to touring the world.

This edition

• SideOneDummy pressing (cat# SD1541-1)
• Ten tracks, five per side

About the album

PUP formed in Toronto in 2010, originally under the name Topanga, and by the time this debut arrived they had a reputation as one of the most chaotic live bands in the city. Stefan Babcock, Steve Sladkowski, Nestor Chumak and Zack Mykula play pop punk the way it was always meant to sound, with nothing held back: fast, ragged and so catchy it almost hurts. Babcock writes about anxiety, friendship and growing up broke with a self-mocking humour that keeps even the darkest songs fun to scream along to.

"Reservoir" is the anthem, with a chorus about running out of patience that every crowd seems to know by heart. "Guilt Trip" opens in a rush, "Mabu" and "Yukon" keep the pace up, "Dark Days" and "Lionheart" hit harder, and "Factories" ends things in a sweaty heap. More than a decade on, it still sounds like a house party about to be shut down by the neighbours, which is exactly the point. Put it on loud, preferably while your parents are out.

Tracklist

Listen

On SideOneDummy (cat# SD1541-1), first out in 2013.