More. is the first Pulp album since We Love Life in 2001. Yes: the first Pulp album for almost 24 years. How did that happen?
When the band started touring again in 2023, they practised a new song called ‘Hymn of the North’ during soundchecks and eventually played it at the end of the second set at Sheffield Arena. This seemed to open the floodgates: they 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 and played by the Elysian Collective. The album was recorded over 3 weeks, starting in November 2024. This is the shortest amount of time a Pulp album has ever taken to record. It was obviously ready to happen.
Note: The LP is initially available on both ‘Theresa’ green vinyl and on ‘blue-sky thinking’ blue/white marble vinyl, exclusive to independent shops.
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