De iconische britpopband Pulp heeft er afgelopen zomer al een reeks comebackshows opzitten. Het genereerde niet de grote massahysterie zoals die van Oasis, toch was het weerzien van Jarvis Cocker en co eentje waren velen járen naar hebben uitgekeken – en ook van genoten. Maar dus. 24 jaar na hun laatste album komt op 6 juni een nieuwe plaat uit! ‘More’ komt uit via Rough Trade. “This is the shortest amount of time a Pulp album has ever taken to record,” grolt Jarvis Cocker in een statement. “It was obviously ready to happen.”
Hij gaat verder over hoe het album tot stand kwam: “Well: when we started touring again in 2023, we practiced a new song called “Hymn of the North” during soundchecks & eventually played it at the end of our second night at Sheffield Arena. This seemed to open the floodgates: we came up with the rest of the songs on this album during the first half of 2024. A couple are revivals of ideas from last century. The music for one song was written by Richard Hawley. The music for another was written by Jason Buckle. The Eno family sing backing vocals on a song. There are string arrangements written by Richard Jones & played by the Elysian Collective.
The album was recorded over 3 weeks by James Ford in Walthamstow, London, starting on November 18th, 2024. This is the shortest amount of time a Pulp album has ever taken to record. It was obviously ready to happen.”
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