If this is about new material (and not the PULP film?) I definitely think Jarv will be a bit f*cked off that's it's been announced on Twitter and not by the band.
Now this is exciting! Thought from time to time this year that they can't leave it at After You, and little nuggets of info about the film have been encouraging. As soon as Jarvis said he wouldn't be around next year, I thought, "here we go again, the occasionally infuriating rumours begin!"
I mean if it was legacy-related i.e. a remastering of WLL for a deluxe edition (as welcome as that would be) the guy would have been careful to state "RE-MASTER" right?
I'm only away for a day or so and this happens! Maybe I should go without visiting Bar Italia more often... ;) Very excited, though. Shall be informing friends tomorrow and doing over-excited flappy-hand gestures.
Okay, so I've done a tiny bit of sleuthing and have come up with something:
John Davis' page on Discogs (which he links to on his Twitter) lists him as being associated with Metropolis Mastering, who were also responsible for the mastering of the Disco 2000 single (according to their Discogs page and the page for the D2000 single). Now, I have no idea how accurate Discogs are, but I'd say for this case that it's accurate, plus John is listed as working for them on their website.
So that could very well be where they're doing the mastering.
Okay, so I've done a tiny bit of sleuthing and have come up with something:
John Davis' page on Discogs (which he links to on his Twitter) lists him as being associated with Metropolis Mastering, who were also responsible for the mastering of the Disco 2000 single (according to their Discogs page and the page for the D2000 single). Now, I have no idea how accurate Discogs are, but I'd say for this case that it's accurate, plus John is listed as working for them on their website.
So that could very well be where they're doing the mastering.
He's not credited for any previous Pulp though. I'm feeling v pessimistic this morning.