PUP – Anaphylaxis (Music Video)
Almost a year ago to the day, Toronto hardcore pop punkers PUP released their third studio album Morbid Stuff, once again slamming their nihilistic fury of melody and hooks into the faces of their fans. One world tour and one Late Night appearance later, PUP have delivered their first bit of new material this year with the new single “Anaphylaxis”.
In true PUP fashion, the new track is a frantic, melodic pop punk tune about going into anaphylactic shock from a bee sting, finding the humour in chaotic and life-threatening situations.
“I got the idea for the song when I was at my partner’s cottage and her cousin got stung by a bee and his whole head started to swell up,” says singer Stefan Babcock. “His wife, although she was concerned, also thought it was pretty hilarious and started making fun of him even as they were headed to the hospital. He ended up being totally fine, but it was just funny to watch him freaking out and her just lighting him up at the same time. It reminded me of all the times I’ve started panicking for whatever reason and was convinced I was dying and the world was ending and no one would take me seriously. In retrospect, I always find those overreactions pretty funny. So we wrote a goofy song about being a hypochondriac and tried to make our guitars sound like bees at the beginning of it.”
It has everything you would expect in a PUP song – guitar hooks, feverish percussion, melodic base lines, and Babcock’s shout-singing about something deadly.
Watch the accompanying claymation video directed by UK-based short filmmaker Callum Scott-Dyson.
You can hear “Anaphylaxis” and more on our Monthly Spotify playlist.
