★★★★★
Unlike the name, this four-piece don't sound particularly sweet and innocent. The name is supposedly an acronym for "pathetic use of potential" - which is also hardly the case. This self-titled debut album is recorded by legendary producer Dave Shiffman, who has worked with the likes of The Bronx and Rage Against the Machine. It's no wonder the four-piece are considered one of Canada's next big things...
- www.beat.com.au
2014-06-02
★★★★★
For those of you who have been hearing or reading the hype about PUP and aren't sure about whether they are worth investing your time and money into to them, let me first tell you that they are completely worth it. The really cool aspect about their self-titled full length is that every song is vastly different from the other...
- www.punknews.org
2014-05-31
★★★★★
PUP is one of the most self-aware bands in music. Their music video for "Reservoir," a single from their self-titled debut, finds the band playing an intense show in a tiny club. As they play, the band's equipment begins to fall apart: guitar strings snap, drumsticks break and the microphone stand can't decide what height it wants to be at. Then, the chaos turns to the band members. Injuries sustained include facial laceration, knocked out teeth, and chest impalement...
- www.thelineofbestfit.com
2014-04-15
★★★★★
Twenty years after Weezer's debut album practically invented the genre, Toronto four-piece PUP are giving geek rock an upgrade. And while these ten songs trade on Rivers Cuomo's gawky verve - opener 'Guilt Trip' is the best song that wasn't on 'Pinkerton' - 'PUP' is a gleeful paroxysm all of its own. Track after track, noise and nuisance constantly battle it out, neither managing to best the other...
- www.nme.com
2014-04-07
★★★★★
All Reviews PUP - PUP April 4, 2014 by Jason Schreurs Released:April 08, 2014 - SideOneDummy AP Rating: Like a more rambunctious Titus Andronicus (if such a thing were possible), the self-titled debut album from Toronto's PUP (which stands for Pathetic Use Of Potential) is sure to raise quite a ruckus in the progressive pop-punk world...
- www.altpress.com
2014-04-08
★★★★★
One night in 2012, four Canadian twentysomethings decided to quit their day jobs, get completely hammered at a local watering hole, and focus on their band full-time. Then called Topanga, after the iconic Boy Meets World heartthrob, they honed their uproarious, snotty, infectious brand of booze-fueled punk rock through house shows and clubs in their hometown of Toronto...
- consequenceofsound.net
2014-04-08
★★★★★
Like a more rambunctious Titus Andronicus (if such a thing were possible), the self-titled debut album from Toronto's PUP (which stands for Pathetic Use Of Potential) is sure to raise quite a ruckus in the progressive pop-punk world. Overflowing with drunken sing-alongs, guitar foolery and feedback-drenched melees, PUP is 10 songs of irreverent party jams for buds and their gals and their bros...
- www.altpress.com
2014-04-05
★★★★★
Canadian punk band PUP has really gotten a great start with their music career with their first full-length. This album is absolutely rockin'. The band holds no aggression back in any of their songs on this LP, which is especially due to lead singer and guitarist Stefan Babcock's phenomenal vocals. This aggression is consistently heard through out the album...
- www.punknews.org
2014-04-02
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