Jarvis Cocker hints at plans for another new Pulp album: “Maybe in a couple of years”
Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker has provided a positive update on future Pulp music and hinted that another new album could be made in the near future.
Last week, Pulp released More, marking their first album in 24 years. Since reuniting in 2023 initially for a series of special shows, Pulp have continued writing a new chapter to their remarkable career, which Cocker doesn’t want to end anytime soon.
In a new interview with NME, Cocker coyly responded, “Maybe”, when asked if fans should expect another album from the Sheffield group in the future.
He elaborated: “We tried to not have a concept for this record or think, ‘This is it, this is our last gas’. I used to think that a lot. I had this weird thing that when an album was mixed and finished where I’d think, ‘Oh, I can die now and it would be OK’.”
The singer then honestly reflected: “That’s a terrible way to think about your life, really. I didn’t feel that with this record. On the sleeve inside it says, ‘This is the best that we can do’. That’s all you can do at any point of your life.”
While Pulp are yet to enter the studio or begin to seriously consider their next move after More, Cocker stated if a new record is to arrive it wouldn’t be another prolonged wait, sharing, “Hopefully not in another 24 years, but maybe in a couple of years, there will be something else to say.”
In a four-and-a-half-star review of More, Far Out wrote: “This isn’t a comeback album that just reheats the past. Sure, there is a lot of nostalgia at play here as the band interacts with their own past and youth in a deeply playful and celebratory way, but it doesn’t get bogged down there. Instead, it really delivers more: more energy, more intrigue, more cinematic builds, more wit, more heart, more soul, more.”
Pulp are currently on the road touring their new album, which began on June 7th at the OVO Hydro in Glasgow. Far Out was in attendance at the opening night and, in a five-star review, said of their performance: “They might have started out in a backroom in Sheffield, but Pulp certainly made the Scottish city their own on a busy Saturday night.”
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