Canadian indie rock outfit PUP announce fifth album ‘Who Will Look After The Dogs?’

Toronto punk-rockers PUP will share their fifth studio album this Spring, on 2nd May via Little Dipper / Rise Records. Entitled ‘Who Will Look After The Dogs?’, it’s been introduced with new single ‘Hallways’, which comes accompanied by a staggeringly bizarre music video (check that out below). 

Frontman Stefan Babcock has acknowledged how the process of creating this album felt more productive than usual – he used to spend three years writing a dozen songs, yet managed to complete over 30 songs for ‘Who Will Look After The Dogs?’ within a fraction of that time. “In the past, I’d find comfort in another person, but this time I was at it alone” he shares, recalling his self-isolation after the ending of a longterm relationship. “Being bored and lonely I just started writing music nonstop.”

Babcock is most familiar with using his music as an emotional outlet, though this record documents his reflection in a different way – according to press materials, it exhibits the singer finally “coming to peace with who I am.” 

What’s more, PUP will play a handful of UK shows later this year; catch them on the following dates. 

MAY 2025
07 - Birmingham, UK @ XOYO Birmingham
08 - 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