PUP returns to the United States on their “PUP RETURNS: THANK FUCKING GOD” tour with support from Cloud Nothings and PINKSHIFT. I caught them in Columbus, Ohio, where the bands performed to a sold-out crowd of 1700 in the well-known Newport Music Hall. Upon arriving at the venue, the line to get in was down the street and wrapped around the block. PINKSHIFT (Baltimore, MD) proved a solid opening act—chanting charged lyrics from stage to a crowd mostly screaming back at them. Pausing briefly between songs to discuss their lyrical meaning, the band managed to effectively force the crowd into a frenzied state during several moments of their performance. Though their set was short-lived, the energy they enveloped carried the crowd through the remainder of the night. Ohio’s own, Cloud Nothings ...