PUP release final single ‘Olive Garden’ ahead of brand new album ‘Who Will Look After The Dogs’

Toronto punk band PUP have released their final single, ‘Olive Garden’, from their forthcoming album ‘Who Will Look After The Dogs?’ due this Friday (2 May). The new track follows the previously shared ‘Hallways’, ‘Paranoid’ and ‘Get Dumber’ from the highly anticipated record. 

The band - made up of Stefan Babcock, Nestor Chumak, Zack Mykula, and Steve Sladkowski - have shared the final teaser ‘Olive Garden’ just ahead of this week’s release. The track, which began as an acoustic demo, has been transformed into one of the heaviest songs on the record. 

“This is a very stupid, but also wonderful song,” said Babcock on the track. “The band get all the credit for turning it into something really special. Zack (who plays drums) heard my cute little acoustic guitar demo and decided we should try and make it as heavy as possible. Which is objectively, a very annoying thing to suggest. But you know what, I’m glad I kept my stupid mouth shut, because it works,” he continued. 

“There’s a real magic in the way these sweet vocal melodies are bludgeoned by a wall of disgusting, grinding, detuned guitars. The whole song is kinda upsetting and uncomfortable but also, catchy and fun. And I don’t care what anyone says, ‘Olive Garden’ rhymes with ‘Grandma in a coffin’ –  listen to this crap and tell me I’m wrong.”

‘Who Will Look After The Dogs?’ will be released this Friday 2nd May. You can listen to ‘Olive Garden’ here: