Toronto punk rockers Pup talk new music ahead of Southern California shows

Toronto punk rockers Pup talk new music ahead of Southern California shows

For emo and pop punk acolytes like Stefan Babcock, existential dread and self-flagellation don’t mark a somber ending — they mark the beginning of the healing process. “The way I like to write songs is to experience myself at my worst, get some distance from that, and then look back on it and try to write from either a place of making fun of myself or finding some silver lining,” Babcock said during a recent Zoom interview. “When you’re deep in …