Pop Drunk Snot Bread is the eleventh studio album by the American rock band Bowling for Soup, released on April 22, 2022, by Brando and Que-so Records. The album's title is a play on the term "pop punk's not dead". It is their first studio album in nearly 6 years, following 2016's Drunk Dynasty, marking the longest gap between studio albums to date. It is also the first to feature Rob Felicetti on bass and backing vocals, following former bassist Erik Chandler's departure from the band in 2019, and the last to be recorded as a quartet, as lead guitarist Chris Burney retired in January 2025.
Pop Drunk Snot Bread was the first Bowling for Soup studio album to not make it onto any US Billboard charts, although the album was successful in the UK.
Background and production Following the band's 2016 effort Drunk Dynasty, they originally intended to just release singles, as singer Jaret Reddick stated, "that's what people listen to now". However, they recorded a full album in the Poconos to be able to spend more time together.
The album's debut single, "Alexa Bliss" (based on the WWE wrestler of the same name), came to be when Reddick found out Bliss' favorite band was Bowling for Soup. After some back-and-forth friendly exchanges, and asking his neighbor for bulletpoints on her and her career, Reddick and Linus of Hollywood wrote the song in a night. Bliss appears in the music video, which released on February 6, 2020; as of August 2026, the video has over 6.4 million views on YouTube. The band were set to perform the song during WrestleMania 36, but it was cancelled due to COVID-19. The single charted at #94 on the UK OCC Singles Sales chart, and #72 on the Official Scottish Singles Sales chart.
The second single, "Getting Old Sucks (But Everybody's Doing It)", released on May 7, 2021, incorporated by a music video made by the Roche family the same day, which depicts the band as puppets; the video has over 3.7 million views as of August 2026. On November 19, 2021, the third single, "Killin' 'Em With Kindness", released, with which Reddick said “Watching the news these days is a nightmare for me. It seems that everyone ‘believes’ so greatly on certain issues, that we forget the people on the other side are still human beings. It’s so easy to be kind to one another. And a little kindness does go a very long way.” The album announcement coincided with the release of the fourth single "I Wanna Be Brad Pitt" on February 25, 2022.
Track listing
Personnel Bowling for Soup Jaret Reddick – lead vocals, rhythm guitar Chris Burney – lead guitar, backing vocals Rob Felicetti – bass, backing vocals Gary Wiseman – drums, backing vocals
Production Jarinus – producers, engineering Linus of Hollywood – mixing, additional music and vocals A.J. Larsen – engineering Paul Logus – mastering Christopher Harrison – editing Dave Pearson – artwork Chris Shary – inside cover character illustrations Bowling for Soup, Ted Felicetti, A.J. Larsen, Diane Small, Dave Hale, Linus of Hollywood – gang vocals
Charts +Chart performance for Pop Drunk Snot Bread Chart (2022) Peakposition UK Album Sales (OCC) 80 UK Physical Albums (OCC) 73
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