PUP drop new single, Get Dumber, featuring Jeff Rosenstock

PUP have released a brand-new single featuring Jeff Rosenstock.

The Toronto punks join forces with the Long Island musician for Get Dumber, which is taken from the band’s forthcoming album Who Will Look After The Dogs? (due out on May 2 via Little Dipper / Rise Records). And working together went just about as expected…

“I wrote Get Dumber in Jeff’s basement,” explains PUP frontman Stefan Babcock. “I was house sitting for him while he 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.

“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. Anyway, he practiced singing the correct lyrics but then we decided those lyrics kinda sucked and he should just stick to ‘Ahhhhhh, lyrics’ because it’s funny and the song is called Get Dumber. We nailed it on the second take.”

Check it out below:

Catch PUP on tour this spring at one of the dates below – get your tickets now.

PUP UK and Europe tour 2025

May

7 Birmingham, UK, XOYO Birmingham
8 Leeds, UK, Project House
10 Manchester, UK, O2 Ritz
11 Glasgow, UK, SWG3 (TV Studio)
12 Newcastle, UK, Newcastle University
13 Bristol, UK, Marble Factory
15 Southampton, UK, Engine Rooms
16 London, UK, O2 Forum Kentish Town
18 Amsterdam, Netherlands, Melkweg
20 Cologne, Germany, Club Volta
21 Hamburg, Germany, Logo
22 Berlin, Germany, Hole44
23 Munich, Germany, Strom
25 Paris, France, Bellevilloise
27 Madrid, Spain, Sala Mon
28 Barcelona, Spain, Upload
29 València, Spain, Loco Club
30 San Sebastian, Spain, Dabadaba​​​​​​

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