PUP Team Up With Jeff Rosenstock On New Single ‘Get Dumber’
PUP have unveiled their new single “Get Dumber” featuring Jeff Rosenstock taken from their upcoming album Who Will Look After the Dogs?
Frontman Stefan Babcock reveals how he wrote the song in Rosenstock’s basement when he was house sitting for him. He says, “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.”
Listen to the song below.
PUP and Rosenstock will also embark on a newly announced fall North American tour. “PUP + JEFF ROSENSTOCK PRESENT: A CATACLYSMISC RAPTURE OF FRIENDSHIPNESS” kicks off September 3rd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and wraps up on October 11th in Denver, Colorado. Ekko Astral will serve as support.
A Live Nation ticket pre-sale for select dates will start on Wednesday, March 26th at 10 AM local time. General sales start on Friday, March 28th at 10 AM local time. A limited number of “low-income” tickets priced at $20 will be available at each stop’s box office (with the exception of Minneapolis, San Antonio, Austin, and Salt Lake City, where they will be sold at alternate locations). See all the dates below.
Pre-order Who Will Look After the Dogs? here.
(Photo by Vanessa Heins)
