In the past year, Canadian punk four-piece Pup have gone from being complete unknowns in the US (and most of Canada), to a prized opening slot on the Menzingers spring tour, to their very own North American headlining tour. Their live show has received praise from just about everyone who has seen them play, and they’ve become media darlings, receiving sterling album reviews from countless  online music publications.

The “Everything Gets Worse” tour made it’s way to Brighton Music Hall on Saturday, marking the first time any of the band members had ever stepped foot in Boston. They celebrated by making a stop at one of the city’s most famous tourist attractions: the WTBU studio at Boston University’s College of Communication, where they starred as guests on the Allston Pudding Radio Show.

We met the band at the studio and then followed them over to BMH in an effort to figure out what it takes to be an “overnight success” and either confirm or deny every single stereotype we have about Canadians.

What we discovered was that (based on a sample size of three) Canadians are in fact very nice people, and becoming an overnight success sometimes requires playing a whole bunch of shows in New York in front of five people. Check out our report below.

Guitarist Steven Sladkowski sports a stylish  Toronto Blue Jays jacket while on-air at WTBU. The band’s half hour interview covered a very wide range of topics, from how they got their name (one member’s grandmother jokingly called their musical pursuits a “pathetic use of potential”) to sketchy Toronto  hostels, to their new found ability to sleep in any space at any time.

Lead singer Stefan Babcock signs the “Howard Sterns” wall at the studio. During the interview Babcock explained that the band had initially built a small following in the US by driving nine hours from Toronto to New York every few weeks to  play in front of miniscule crowds. Babcock commented that the band now sees New York as a second home, and mentioned that only one night earlier, they had played their first ever sold out US show there at Mercury Lounge.

Allston Pudding Radio hosts Yasmina Tawil and Jack Wall bookend the men of Pup. Drummer Zack Mykula is not at all amused.

We head down the street to Brighton Music Hall, where a luxurious tour bus awaits. When we ask the band when they made such an upgrade, they chuckle and tell us there’s no way they’re touring in anything but a van that seats four people. The bus is actually the mobile home of a DJ known as Minnesota, who played a set after the Pup show concluded around 9:30.

After solid but brief sets from openers Chumped and Typerfighter, Pup took the stage and kicked things off with “Guilt Trip”. While the crowd was sparse early on, the venue had filled up nicely by this point.

The fact that the band has only one full length album under their belts means they can not only cover their entire catalog in forty minutes, but also that they can play those ten songs at breakneck speed. When he wasn’t singing, frontman Babcock (above) was either leaping off the drum riser or doing his best to get up close and personal with the fans in the first row.

Being the nice guys that they are, the members of Pup seem to have made many good friends on the road, based on the amount of people that joined them on stage. All of their guests (like the guy above) looked thrilled to be there.

The band’s small catalog left plenty of time for  between song banter. While bassist Nestor Chumak (above) mainly focused on his musical duties, Babcock and Sladkowski praised Boston and it’s great pasta(?) while also trash talking Red Sox fans.

The band closed with a rousing version of “Reservoir”. Mykula provided backing vocals from behind the kit.

After a short break and a round of shots, Pup closed out the night with a cover of the Beastie Boys “Sabotage”

During the short time we spent with them, Pup proved to not only be a great live band, but also a pretty great group of dudes. Check out their self-titled debut album now, and don’t miss them next time they hit Boston. You probably won’t have to wait long considering the four-piece is on track to play over 250 shows this year.