British pop rockers Pulp haven’t released any new music in over two decades; but on June 6 the band will release their first album, “More”, in 24 years. Even the band was surprised about the upcoming release! “It took us by surprise,” admits frontman Jarvis Cocker.
The band recorded the album in just three weeks. The eleven songs on the album are both old and new songs that span the bands career. Unlike previous albums songwriter Cocker wrote the songs before the band entered the studio; as opposed to creating the songs as they record. Cocker noted if you, “write the words in advance. … It’s taken me until the age of 61 to realize it: If you write the words before you go into the studio, it makes it a much more pleasant experience.”
Cocker noted, “it made me realize that you don’t have endless amounts of time. You’ve still got an opportunity to create things, if you want to. Are you going to give it a go?”
The Sheffield natives formed in 1978 but it would be some 20 years before they would find fame.
While the band has not current plans to tour, there are a number of listening parties planned for the new album:
June 7 at the OVO Hydro in Glasgow
June 10 at the 3Arena in Dublin
June 13 & 14 at The O2 in London
June 19 at the Utilita Arena in Birmingham
Jun 21 at the Co-Op Live in Manchester
July 10 at BBK Live in Bilbao
July 14 at the Montreux Jazz Festival
July 25 at Tramlines in Sheffield
Aug 2 at the Pentaport Rock Festival in Incheon
Aug 15 at La Route Du Rock in Saint Malo
Sept 4 at the Tabernacle in Atlanta
Sept 6 at The Anthem in Washington, D.C.
Sept 9 at The Met in Philadelphia
Sept 11 at the Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, NY
Sept 13 at Suffolk Downs in Boston
Sept 16 at the Budweiser Stage in Toronto
Sept 17 at the Masonic Temple in Detroit
Sept 20 at The Armory in Minneapolis
Sept 22 at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison
Sept 25 & 26 at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles