Pulp announce ‘More', their first album in 24 years and share lead single ‘Spike Island'
The eighth album from the Sheffield Britpop icons is produced by James Ford and will arrive on June 6, 2025 via Rough Trade Records. It was recorded and mixed at Orbb Studio in Walthamstow, London late last year.
'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,' said Jarvis Cocker of the album.
'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.
He added: 'These are the facts. We hope you enjoy the music. It was written & performed by four human beings from the North of England, aided & abetted by five other human beings from various locations in the British Isles. No A.I. was involved during the process.'
Of the lead single, the band explained that the idea came from Jason Buckle (Relaxed Muscle) who co-wrote the song and went to Stone Roses' infamous Spike Island gig. Buckle explained that a DJ there shouted, 'Spike Island, come alive!', with the phrase getting into Cocker's mind, despite not going to the gig.
Cocker added that the album is dedicated to Steve Mackey, the band's longtime bassist who died in March 2023.
Limited editions of the album will be available on vinyl. Along with a double LP cut at 45 rpm, which will be exclusive to Pulp's online shop and Rough Trade Records' webstore, there will also be four single-disc colour vinyl pressings that have been both handpicked and named by Jarvis Cocker personally.
You can check out the track-list in full below.
1. 'Spike Island'2. 'Tina'3. 'Grown Ups'4. 'Slow Jam'5. 'Farmers Market'6. 'My Sex'7. 'Got To Have Love'8. 'Background Noise'9. 'Partial Eclipse'10. 'The Hymn of the North'11. 'A Sunset'
This summer will also see Pulp head out on a 2025 UK and Ireland arena tour.
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