{"id":97869,"date":"2025-01-09T21:04:46","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T21:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=97869"},"modified":"2025-02-11T19:47:52","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T19:47:52","slug":"pup-paranoid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/pup-paranoid\/","title":{"rendered":"PUP Return with &#8216;Paranoid&#8217; and Announce UK Dates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Canadian punk outfit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/tag\/pup\/\"><strong>PUP<\/strong><\/a> has returned with a new single titled <em>&#8216;Paranoid&#8217;<\/em>. It&#8217;s the Toronto quartet&#8217;s first slice of new music in two years. Complemented by a smart video directed by Jeremy Schaulin-Rioux and Clem Hoener, the track sees <strong>PUP<\/strong> deliver a frenzied pop-punk number that thrives with hook-laden energy.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cMy favourite part of this song is the breakdown 1:45 in. Whenever we try and do a heavy breakdown with catchy vocals, we end up sounding like the world\u2019s worst melodic hardcore band, b<\/em><em>ut somehow it worked on this song,&#8221; <\/em>shares\u00a0<strong>PUP <\/strong>frontman Stefan Babcock.<em> &#8220;I think because it\u2019s so intense in that moment that it\u2019s actually kind of funny and a bit hard to take seriously. There\u2019s some humour in that and how it plays against what I\u2019m yelling about in a way I really like. Plus Nestor plays the melody from \u2018The Lion Sleeps Tonight\u2019 on the bass at the heaviest moment in the song which really cracks me up every time I hear it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Pup - Paranoid (Official Video)\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k11G7mmlz48?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The release of\u00a0<em>&#8216;Paranoid&#8217;<\/em> coincides with the news that\u00a0<strong>PUP\u00a0<\/strong>will follow up their recent (and brief) UK visit with\u00a0<strong>Jimmy Eat World<\/strong> last November, with a run of headline shows this May.\u00a0Support comes from <b>Illuminati Hotties<\/b> and <b>Goo<\/b>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"max-width: 600px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 15px; border: 1px solid #000; text-align: center;\">\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-97873 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/PUP-UK-Tour-640x800.webp\" alt=\"PUP 2025 UK\/ EU Tour poster \" width=\"640\" height=\"800\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/PUP-UK-Tour-640x800.webp 640w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/PUP-UK-Tour-240x300.webp 240w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/PUP-UK-Tour-768x960.webp 768w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/PUP-UK-Tour-1229x1536.webp 1229w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/PUP-UK-Tour.webp 1456w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>May<br \/>\n7th XOYO, Birmingham<br \/>\n8th Project House, Leeds<br \/>\n10th O2 Ritz, Manchester<br \/>\n11th SWG3 (TV Studio), Glasgow<br \/>\n12th Newcastle University, Newcastle<br \/>\n13th Marble Factory, Bristol<br \/>\n15th Engine Rooms, Southampton<br \/>\n16th O2 Forum Kentish Town, London<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In additional news,\u00a0<strong>PUP<\/strong> have launched a Substack newsletter called\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/puptheband.substack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>&#8216;MORE BAD STUFF &#8211; A PUPTHEBAND Substack&#8217;<\/em><\/a>. 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So far, they&#8217;ve shared an EP of their former band,\u00a0<strong>Topanga<\/strong>, alongside\u00a0<strong>Built to Spill<\/strong> covers performed by Stefan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen to the Toronto punks first new music in two years, and catch them touring the UK in the Spring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":97870,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17559],"tags":[184],"class_list":["post-97869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-pup"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>PUP Return with &#039;Paranoid&#039; and Announce UK Dates - Already Heard Staging<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Listen to the Toronto punks first new music in two years, and catch them touring the UK in the Spring.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PUP Return with &#039;Paranoid&#039; 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