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The Line of Best Fit 8/10 Toronto quartet PUP play their own version of hardcore punk, one that's more literal and more sunny than most.
DIY 4/5 UK-based music magazine bringing you music news, reviews, features, interviews and more
The Skinny 3/5 Punk is pessimistic; it languishes in its own brash, self-deprecating defeatism. It’s no surprise then that Toronto-based four-piece PUP named themselves after Pathetic Use of Potential, quitting their day jobs to pursue the unglamorous hedonism of punk rock. How ironic it seems now for the band – who ambitiously fired some tracks over to veteran producer David Schiffman, only to have him take them on – to now garner acclaim.
