That is very good. And speaking of lost legends, I wonder if 'Tina' is going to reflect on Tina Turner, who also died in 2023. Jarvis covered 'Private Dancer' with Chilly Gonzalez last autumn, so it would make sense if her music was in his thoughts.
Blurb from French retailer https://groundzero.fr/produit/pulp-more-exclu-indes-vinyle-marbre-bleu-lp.
All sounds so wonderfully...French :) :
Comprised in part of tracks created and tested during their 2023 European tour across Europe, the UK, and North America, "More" is an invitation to life. For the first time, Jarvis Cocker writes not about ideas and concepts but from his feelings, his instincts, his resentments. Produced by James Ford (Arctic Monleys, Fontaines DC, Black Country, New Road) and recorded in three weeks, the album features some of the band's best songs, incredibly fresh yet immensely familiar. "More" is an album about the passage of time, about growing up, understanding one's place in the world, and continuing to create while one can.
-- Edited by Eamonn on Wednesday 9th of April 2025 07:01:15 PM
Very happy all the new songs have got studio treatments, including Slow Jam
Also great that it will be out before the tour - hopefully 4 or 5 will make the setlist
Yes, two Jarv Is... songs from 2022 didn't make the cut (Locked Down & Proceed To The Route). I hope we get to hear them at a later point. The latter especially had great energy, live. I'm glad he stuck with Slow Jam - it's really moving. Maybe the saddest song about relationships he's ever written. I told him it was effing brilliant when I saw him at one of his promo book events/screening of the DYRTFT film a couple of years ago.
So Tina, Partial Eclipse and Grown-Ups are the only songs on More not previously performed live. I guess they had the others quite well-honed from playing them live so that 3 weeks in the studio was enough. If they hadn't hit the ground running with that material, maybe the album would never have happened so I'm happy to sacrifice a few more completely unheard songs for the sake of a new Pulp album actually existing in the 2020s!
Brilliant news so album will be out a few days before the tour starts. Dublin is Jun 10th, think Glasgow is before Dublin. Haven't looked at the dates for a while. All we need now is the Villa to win now tonight. That'd make my week
-- Edited by Jean on Wednesday 9th of April 2025 09:39:18 PM
Hate to be that guy, but does anyone know if there is going to be an MP3 release? I don't have any physical music players anymore and because of what happened 10 years ago, I pretty much don't have any physical music either. Everything is downloaded to my phone/pc/cloud.
-- Edited by SarahAWilson on Wednesday 9th of April 2025 09:08:54 PM
Hate to be that guy, but does anyone know if there is going to be an MP3 release? I don't have any physical music players anymore and because of what happened 10 years ago, I pretty much don't have any physical music either. Everything is downloaded to my phone/pc/cloud.
-- Edited by SarahAWilson on Wednesday 9th of April 2025 09:08:54 PM
Im willing to bet there will be!
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The trees, those useless trees, produce the air that I am breathing
I like how it's 'a' sunset, rather than just "Sunset", so I'm choosing to believe that's an important distinction, however misguided.
Beyond excited for this album, this forum was the first place I came running to when I saw the first More hints, and it's amazing to see everyone here.
Just got to work. Have to be here for 8 hrs. How can I concentrate when this is about to happen!
Earphones in, volume up, and tantalise yourself with the live versions on loop (https://archive.org/details/pulp-studio25/). It's what I've been doing all evening.
From weener's report the cover art is a photo Jarvis took in Iceland. Gosh thats sad if its Iceland. Its giving me Moebius and Jodorowsky feels. I hope its their climate change / environmental issues album.
-- Edited by cutcopy on Thursday 10th of April 2025 06:26:24 AM