PUP have announced a new album that they made with producer John Congleton. Who Will Look After the Dogs? is the Toronto band’s fifth studio album and follow-up to 2022’s The Unraveling of PUPTheBand. The 12-track project includes January’s “Paranoid” and a new song called “Hallways.” Watch the video for the latter track below.
Who Will Look After the Dogs? is out May 2. In a press statement about the new album, PUP singer Stefan Babcock said, “Within days of announcing our last album, coincidentally titled The Unraveling of PUPTheBand, my life unexpectedly imploded. I wrote the lyrics for ‘Hallways’ while all that was going on. It was a weird fucking week.” He continued, “The title of our new record, Who Will Look After the Dogs?, is what I wrote at the top of the page, the very first thing written for this album. I think it’s devastating, but in a ‘holy shit this is overdramatic’ kinda way. At least in context of the line that comes before it. That’s what makes it funny to us. That overblown stuff we all say in our dark moments can be hilarious once you’ve cooled off a bit. I don’t know if anyone else thinks it’s funny, but sometimes you gotta laugh at yourself. It’s the only way out of the abyss. Trust me.”
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