Singles and music videos PUP announced the title and release date of
Morbid Stuff in a
zine mailed to fans in January 2019. The zine also included a 7"
flexi disc of the
lead single, "
Kids". "Kids" was then released digitally on January 15, 2019, alongside a track listing for
Morbid Stuff. An official
music video for the track was released on January 30, 2019. Directed by Jeremy Schaulin-Rioux, the video is set in 2059 and follows a post-breakup PUP as they try to hunt down missing vocalist Stefan Babock, who has been found alive, "stinky and disheveled".
Stereogum placed "Kids" at number 18 on its list of the "20 Best Music Videos of 2019", with reviewer Tom Breihan saying, "I can't even imagine how this got made, but I'm glad it did." The second single and music video, "Free at Last", were released on February 27, 2019, and featured guest vocals from Eva Hendricks of
Charly Bliss. Before officially releasing "Free at Last", PUP shared the chords and lyrics and asked fans to submit
cover versions of the track; the music video was assembled from parts of the 253 submissions that the band received. The last two pre-album songs, "Sibling Rivalry" and "Scorpion Hill", were released simultaneously on March 22, 2019. An animated music video for "Sibling Rivalry" was released on June 26, 2019, inspired by Babcock and his sister's annual "wild camping trips", in which the siblings were "constantly trying to out-dumb one another". The video, directed by Martin MacPherson, utilizes a combination of
stop motion and
traditional animation to illustrate said camping trips. The last music video for
Morbid Stuff, "See You at Your Funeral", was directed by Joe Stakun and released on
Halloween 2019. The video depicts an episode of the fictional television series
Growing Up Ghouls, in which Jacko O'Ghoul's family tries to improve his mood.
Tour and live performances PUP announced the first leg of their
Morbid Stuff tour on January 15, 2019, as part of a larger album announcement. The tour ran in Europe and North America from March 26 to July 3, 2019, with support from
Diet Cig,
Ratboys, and
Milk Teeth. The
Morbid Stuff touring cycle also included appearances at the
Reading and Leeds Festivals on August 23 and 24, 2019. == Reception ==