{"product_id":"this-place-sucks-ass","title":"This Place Sucks Ass","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter recording their acclaimed 2019 album, \u003ci\u003eMorbid Stuff,\u003c\/i\u003e PUP was left with a handful of songs that didn’t make the final tracklist, largely because they were too frenetic or too unhinged. And for an album that fantasized about the world exploding, that’s saying a lot. “We usually save the really dark songs for the end of an album,” says frontman Stefan Babcock. “But we felt that \u003ci\u003eMorbid Stuff\u003c\/i\u003e was already pretty fucking dark by the time we got there.” The Toronto four-piece loved these thematic stragglers so much, though, that instead of forcing them onto the record or hiding them away forever, they decided that they deserved to stand on their own. The excluded tracks are now seeing the light via a six-song EP,\u003ci\u003e This Place Sucks Ass\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor \u003ci\u003eThis Place Sucks Ass\u003c\/i\u003e, however, they say it was relieving to let loose and put something into the world that values pleasure over perfection. “Our expectations are so high. Every album we make, we want it to be better than the last,” says Babcock. “But just putting out songs we like and think are fun, that’s also pretty rewarding. Taking a breather from the pressure we put on ourselves has been so positive for us.” Like all of their material,\u003ci\u003e This Place Sucks Ass \u003c\/i\u003eis a document of the band PUP is - at times thoughtful and introspective and at other times wildly cathartic. And they hope that fans will take its sentiments of anger, frustration, and bitterness that run through\u003ci\u003e This Place Sucks Ass\u003c\/i\u003e and find collective empowerment and joy in turning them outward along with them. “Everything sucks and that’s OK, because it sucks for everybody,” says Babcock. “And we can make it a little bit better by being together in the shittiness.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rise","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50522494402891,"sku":"1102772","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/24e0f480-c181-4967-bd0e-93c46849550f_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1728009054","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/products\/this-place-sucks-ass","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}