I know they were discussing when to have it a couple of weeks ago, they've always said June but no idea if they've decided when yet. I don't know whether you can buy tickets or what although if you're invited you might get two invites each. *cough*
-- Edited by Jarvgirl on Wednesday 2nd of April 2014 04:19:37 PM
I think the moment for new Pulp material has probably past. I really want some new songs from Jarvis- the frustrating thing is, he could be a really excellent solo artist, but it never really feels like he's tried. The first album had some great songs, but it was really uneven and too long, and the whole 'recorded in two weeks' thing made it feel a bit... unconfident. The second album had about four EXCELLENT songs with brilliant lyrics especially, but the rest was throwaway, and the blues rock thing he was trying to do was just crap.
Jarvis needs to get over the fact that he's not Nick Cave and never will be, and just draw on all his artistic endeavours to create a truly interesting album. Ever since We Love Life, he seems to be really obsessed with being visceral and sounding 'authentic' in a blues or country sense, but his most interesting music was the much more conceptual stuff that he did with mid-period Pulp. He seemed to really re-embrace the concepts and aesthetic surrounding Pulp when they reunited, so I'm hoping that his future music will be a turning point, with writing which is a bit more thought-through than his previous solo efforts.
Also, wasn't there an article a couple of years ago in which the writer said they'd played kazoo on one of Jarvis' new songs? What was that, does anyone know?