This Place Sucks Ass is an EP released by Canadian punk rock band PUP on October 23, 2020. It was released under two labels: Little Dipper (the band's personal label), and Rise Records.
Development This Place Sucks Ass contains mostly recordings from the studio sessions of the band's previous album, Morbid Stuff.
According to Pitchfork, "this place sucks ass" is a sentence the band used to say as a joke while touring, to describe the places where they played.
Reception The EP received generally favorable reviews. Pitchfork gave it a positive review, while Metacritic holds a score of 76/100.
UK rock music review website Kerrang! noted a lack of "vitality and vim" compared to Morbid Stuff.
Writing for Paste Magazine, Zach Schonfeld noted that the 17-minute EP compresses PUP's "infectious feel-bad energy" into five original tracks and a cover, assigning it a score of 7.8 out of 10.
The EP received a Juno Award nomination for Alternative Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2021.Holly Gordon, "The Weeknd, JP Saxe, Jessie Reyez and Justin Bieber lead 2021 Juno Award nominations". CBC Music, March 9, 2021.
Track listing
Personnel PUP Stefan Babcock – lead vocals, rhythm guitar Steve Sladkowski – lead guitar, backing vocals Nestor Chumak – bass guitar, backing vocals, engineering Zack Mykula – drums, percussion, backing vocals
Production David Schiffman – production, engineering, mixing Spencer Sunshine – engineering Darren McGill – engineering Michael Gnocato – engineering Harry Hess – mastering Brandon Lepine – artwork
Charts Chart (2020) Peakposition
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