PUP – Sleep in the Heat (Official Music Video)
PUP (Photo by Vanessa Heins)
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It’s been a wild and prosperous year for Toronto punk rockers PUP. Their sophomore album The Dream is Over combined with their extensive touring has maintained the band’s place as a fan favourite.
From the release comes the single “Sleep in the Heat”, a song about an unusual, yet unforgettable friend for frontman Stephan Babcock, “[It’s] a song about my chameleon Norman, who passed away while we were writing this record”.
Directed by Jeremy Schaulin-Rioux, the new music video expands on the idea of losing a friend – no matter how many legs it walks on. “Jeremy was the one who thought we should make a video for this song. He has this really weird one-eyed grumpy cat that he loves a lot, and I guess the song got him thinking about what it’s going to be like when she’s gone. Losing a friend is something so many of us have had to deal with, which is why I think this video is so powerful.”.
Featuring Stranger Things star and PUP-fan Finn Wolfhard, “Sleep in the Heat” continues the saga of younger versions of the band introduced in the “Guilt Trip” music video. With Wolfhard appearing as a young Babcock, the music video tells the story of finding an unlikely furry friend and the struggling of saying goodbye.
(Disclaimer: there will be tears).
Check out the video below, read our review of The Dream is Over, and head to the band’s website to get your copy. You can also catch the band on tour (dates below).
Tour dates:
Nov 17 – Colorado Springs, CO – Black Sheep
Nov 18 – Denver, CO – Marquis Theatre
Nov 19 – Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court
Nov 21 – Vancouver, BC – The Cobalt
Nov 22 – Victoria, BC – Lucky Bar
Nov 24 – Calgary, AB – Commonwealth
Nov 25 – Edmonton, AB – Starlite Room
Nov 26 – Saskatoon, SK – Amigo’s
Nov 27 – Winnipeg, MB – The Good Will
Dec 01 – Montreal, QC – La Sala Rossa
Dec 09 – Ottawa, ON – Zaphod Beeblebrox
Dec 10 – Ottawa, ON – Zaphod Beeblebrox
Dec 15 – Toronto, ON – The Danforth Music Hall
Dec 16 – Toronto, ON – The Danforth Music Hall
Jan 23 – Antwerpen, BE – Muziekcentrum Trix
Jan 26 – Hamburg, DE – Molotow Skybar
Jan 27 – Berlin, DE – Badehaus RAW-Gelande
Jan 28 – Koln, DE – Blue Shell
Jan 29 – Paris, FR – Espace B
Jan 31 – Leeds, UK – Stylus
Feb 01 – London, UK – Koko
Feb 03 – Birmingham, UK – O2 Institute
Feb 04 – Glasgow, UK – QMU
Feb 05 – Manchester, UK – O2 Ritz
