PUP ‘Get Dumber’ with Jeff Rosenstock

Canadian favourites PUP continue to preview their upcoming ‘Who Will Look After The Dogs?’ LP ahead of its May 2nd release. The third track to be previewed, ‘Get Dumber’, sees them collaborate with long-time friend Jeff Rosenstock.

The track is another ripper of bulging punk, with Rosenstock and PUP‘s Stefan Babcock’s vocals brilliantly bouncing off one another. The track was formed in Jeff’s basement when Stefan was house-sitting for him while he (Rosenstock) was on tour.

“I recorded the first demo for it on his guitar using his mics and his computer. Maybe because the ghost of Jeff was in the room with me, I always imagined our voices on this song together, so I was very happy when he agreed to sing on it,” Stefan explains.

While Rosenstock and Babcock could’ve recorded their parts individually and pieced together, ‘Get Dumber’ benefits from the pair recording face to face. It adds to the relentless energy of the track, even if Jeff messed up on the first take.

“We recorded the vocals together, in the same room, facing each other. What that means is, we both had to nail it at the same time because we couldn’t really cut between takes. On the first take, he forgot a line in the second verse and said “ahhhhhh, lyrics” instead. I couldn’t finish the take because I was laughing too hard,” shares Babcock. “Anyway, he practiced singing the correct lyrics but then we decided those lyrics kinda sucked and he should just stick to “ahhhh lyrics” because it’s funny and the song is called ‘Get Dumber’. We nailed it on the second take.”

The video, along with the lyrics for the track, can be viewed below.

‘Who Will Look After The Dogs?’ is released on May 2nd via Little Dipper / Rise Records. Fans can pre-order/pre-save here.

‘Get Dumber’ Lyrics

Seventeen ways I can stop this
Seventeen nights in this coffin
No one cares if you’ve lost it
When there’s seventeen hands in your pocket
Turns out that I didn’t even want this
Laying on your couch so fucking despondent
“You should try getting high more often”
Holy shit, what a concept

I don’t wanna hear
Who you’re dragging under
It seems like every year
I swear that you’re getting dumber

You think I’m a drain, I can’t argue
You’re kinda the same, it’s sorta part of your charm
But when you really get on it
It’s pretty fucking obnoxious (“ohh lyrics” Jeff forgot the lyrics whoops)
You finally call. It’s so arrogant
“You still playing those songs? it’s so embarrassing”
Nice of you to be sentimental
I say as I swallow the chemicals

I don’t wanna hear
Who you’re dragging under
It seems like every year
I swear that you’re getting dumber
You got nothing to say at all
You’ve already said enough

As previously announced, PUP will be touring the UK in May. Support comes from Illuminati Hotties and Goo.