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May 1, 2014PUP’s ability to enliven a tired genre with an abundance of ideas and exuberance is a small but exceptional feat.
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Kerrang!Apr 30, 2014Pup have come out spitting, sounding like Dookie-era Green Day dipped in tar and broken glass. [12 Apr 2014, p.53]
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Apr 14, 2014What’s makes PUP an engrossing listen, though, is also what takes it beyond a typical hardcore record: there’s sunlight that refuses to be shut out from the overcast skies.
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Apr 7, 2014Intelligent and visceral in equal measure, PUP is effortlessly cool, charmingly nerdy and wholly brilliant.
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Apr 7, 2014There are plenty of shout-a-long moments along the way though (the frantic whoa’s and blah-blah’s on ‘Lionheart’ arrive at exactly the right time), and all-in-all it’s an extremely commendable effort that solidifies PUP as one of this year’s bands to get sweaty to at a festival.
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Apr 7, 2014PUP is 10 songs of irreverent party jams for buds and their gals and their bros.
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Apr 7, 2014The Toronto, ON four-piece deliver their structurally intricate tunes with unhinged ferocity, the raw arrangements never deviating from the outfit's basic live setup of bass, pummelling drums and twin distorted guitars.
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Apr 7, 2014PUP is an incredibly self-assured and refreshing debut for a band unwilling to shake the pressures of becoming an adult.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 11 out of 13
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Mixed: 2 out of 13
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Negative: 0 out of 13
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Sep 15, 2019