Chosen by Monk
The Canadian punks team up with their long-time friend and frequent collaborator Jeff Rosenstock for this third taster of their upcoming new album, their first in three years:
PUP frontman Stefan Babcock says of the song:
I wrote ‘Get Dumber’ in Jeff’s basement. 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 practised 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.
- ‘Who Will Look After The Dogs?‘ will be released on 2 May via Little Dipper/Rise Records.
- PUP tour in May:
