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This Place Sucks Ass
Type:EP
Artist:PUP
Cover:This Place Sucks Ass.jpg
Label:Little Dipper / Rise
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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.[1]

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.[2]

Reception

The EP received generally favorable reviews. Pitchfork gave it a positive review,[2] while Metacritic calculated an overall score of 76/100 one week after the EP's release.[3]

UK rock music review website Kerrang! noted a lack of "vitality and vim" compared to Morbid Stuff.[1]

The EP received a Juno Award nomination for Alternative Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2021.[4]

Track listing

All songs are written by PUP, except Grandaddy cover "A.M. 180".

Personnel

PUP

Production

Notes and References

  1. News: Morton . Luke . EP Review: PUP – This Place Sucks Ass . 22 December 2020 . . October 23, 2020.
  2. News: Thomas . Peyton . PUP: This Place Sucks Ass EP Album Review . 22 December 2020 . Pitchfork . October 27, 2020.
  3. Web site: This Place Sucks Ass [EP] by PUP ]. Metacritic . . 22 December 2020.
  4. Holly Gordon, "The Weeknd, JP Saxe, Jessie Reyez and Justin Bieber lead 2021 Juno Award nominations". CBC Music, March 9, 2021.

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