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PUP "This Place Sucks Ass" 2024-08-02 the clash's stunning 1979 doubleAfter recording their acclaimed 2019 album, Morbid Stuff, 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 Morbid Stuff was already pretty f***ing dark by the time we got there."