June 6, 2025 • 5 mins
Britpop legends Pulp are back after 24 years.
They released their 8th album, More, which was recorded over the span of three weeks, starting in November of 2024.
In the Bandcamp description for the album, Jarvis Cocker writes:
“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. This album is dedicated to Steve Mackey. This is the best that we can do. Thanks for listening.”
Estelle Clifford joined Jack Tame to share her thoughts on the album.
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Speaker 1 (00:07):
You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame podcast
from News Talks at b.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
We are golden tonight, like two little children under covers
a drift in the night with the universe of Dad
and mom will make we know why it is that Mado,
but whatever it is, I know that is his own
(00:35):
just forgiving.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
That is grown Ups by paulp Their first album since
two thousand and one is called More and the Stelle
Clifford Our Music Review has been listening. She's with us
this morning, Hostell, and.
Speaker 4 (01:06):
You're celebrating Pulp everyone of course recognizing common people are
soon that you played earlier and then that song would
just come out of called grown Ups, which I think
is one of those things where the lead singer, Javis
Cocker is like, I don't really want to be one.
It's really hard to be one. Yeah, but here we
asked about wrinkles instead of bat me.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (01:26):
True.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
I think I've said this already this morning, you know,
like I I, of course, when I think of pop,
I immediately think of Javis Cocker. And when I think
of Javis Cocker, I just think with a name like that,
you had to be a British rock star.
Speaker 4 (01:37):
You couldn't be a quiet do day just.
Speaker 3 (01:39):
Javiscock just it's just perfect, you know, Yeah.
Speaker 4 (01:42):
Yeah, yeah, absolutely, And that's the interesting thing, like he
talks about that and the lyrics of these songs that
he was born to be a front man. He was
born to be up the front. Yeah, but also still
doing that struggle of like what is fame? What is real?
Speaker 2 (01:56):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (01:56):
Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah. Pulp is kind of like the
other thing around since the eighties and sort of mixed vibes,
like some of the albums have really had. I think
the nineties US is really where most people will remember
Pulp and a lot of those albums are three albums
through the nineties did really really well for them, but
there's been a lot of messy stuff and changes of
band members and all sorts of things. But he was
(02:17):
the guy that kept going. He has one of those
voices too, like if you hear it, no matter who
he's playing with, it's going to be Polp because that's
the sound of it. Like you say, he's got the name,
and he's also got the voice that takes you through.
This is definitely a reunion album, Like he's got a
whole lot of past members who have come back. It
is also dedicated to Steve MACKI. Now, he's been part
of Pulp right through since the late eighties on every
(02:39):
single album, but he passed away a couple of years ago,
so I kind of like that there's a tribute to
the and then moving forward, there's plenty of what you'd expect.
I love this she found on one of their videos
that they've put out for Spike Island, which was the
lead single off this album. He sounds very Bowie in
it too. By the way, there were some fans, wouldn't
(03:00):
the fans have said, I've just been transformed from a
miserable old croc back to a carefree to a year
old again. I'm loving about the nineties kind of sound.
Does that so that brit pop thing like these guys
I think are quite good at that. There's a little
bit of sort of funk, some funky jams in there
where they've got some funk guitar going on, So a
(03:22):
little bit of maybe playing around with some other genre
is sort of but not really like mostly sticking to
what it is they know, and I think that's quite good.
There's still this signature sort of scathing Jarvis is quite
good at writing where he's always sort of I mean,
surely he is a rich dude, but he likes to
look at life like, oh my gosh, you poor rich people.
Speaker 3 (03:44):
Yeah, I mean that's a lot of British pop and
a British rock, right. There's always the kind of the
the vein of classism kind of you know, kind of
goes through everything, you know.
Speaker 4 (03:57):
And it's part of the British makeup. I suppose a
little bit, isn't it. So Yeah, In glam rock new wave,
there's like that sort of dark maybe the lyrics of
the sort of the dark and it's all of voices,
but there's sort of light like. There's a lot of
really forward movements in some fun kind of sound and
some really catchy tunes that I think they've managed to
capture in here are going back to that growing up song.
I think it's funny because it's like the alt version
(04:19):
of Inside Out movies. You know, I don't know if
you've seen those, but inside Out too. They keep on
trying to make nostalgia not come through the door, but
nostalgia is very heavy and that that song Spike Islands
You're going to play out of here? Like I said,
this sounds a bit Bowie in it. It takes mixed reviews,
like some people aren't digging it. They think it's just
(04:40):
a bit too basic. But you know, the cassio keyboards
is kind of also synonymous with pulp tunes, and I
actually think it's really catchy. I think it's quite good.
I think the music video that goes along with it
is definitely worth the watch. They've done some really clever
imagery in there and then sort of taking the mickey.
They put some words that come up through the video
and it's actually quite funny, taking them macke out of themselves,
(05:02):
which you can, can't you when you've been around since
the late ladies.
Speaker 3 (05:05):
I think, yeah, yeah, oh nice. I'm looking forward to
having a bit more of a listening And so what
did you give it? What did you give more?
Speaker 1 (05:12):
By by?
Speaker 4 (05:14):
If you're already one of their fans, you're going to
really feel connected to this. It will take you back
to a time and place. And if you're new to them,
I think that new way brit pops thaying they do
it really well. So that's a good one to get
in on. I mean over, I'm going to give it
a seven out of ten.
Speaker 3 (05:25):
Okay, seven out of ten. We'll have a bit more
of a listener in a couple of minutes. Thank you
very much to Stelle Pleasure, it is stale. Clifford Our
Music Review ejected that song sounds like early David Bowie. Yes,
I think this is very much by a design, so
you're not the only one to notice that little connection.
And if you like a bit of early Bowie, then
you'll probably like a little bit of Pulp as well.
So we'll pick out a good song to play in
(05:45):
a couple of minutes.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
For more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame, listen live
to news talks that'd be from nine am Saturday, or
follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.
You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Tame podcast
from News Talks at b.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
We are golden tonight, like two little children under covers
a drift in the night with the universe of Dad
and mom will make we know why it is that Mado,
but whatever it is, I know that is his own
(00:35):
just forgiving.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
That is grown Ups by paulp Their first album since
two thousand and one is called More and the Stelle
Clifford Our Music Review has been listening. She's with us
this morning, Hostell, and.
Speaker 4 (01:06):
You're celebrating Pulp everyone of course recognizing common people are
soon that you played earlier and then that song would
just come out of called grown Ups, which I think
is one of those things where the lead singer, Javis
Cocker is like, I don't really want to be one.
It's really hard to be one. Yeah, but here we
asked about wrinkles instead of bat me.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (01:26):
True.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
I think I've said this already this morning, you know,
like I I, of course, when I think of pop,
I immediately think of Javis Cocker. And when I think
of Javis Cocker, I just think with a name like that,
you had to be a British rock star.
Speaker 4 (01:37):
You couldn't be a quiet do day just.
Speaker 3 (01:39):
Javiscock just it's just perfect, you know, Yeah.
Speaker 4 (01:42):
Yeah, yeah, absolutely, And that's the interesting thing, like he
talks about that and the lyrics of these songs that
he was born to be a front man. He was
born to be up the front. Yeah, but also still
doing that struggle of like what is fame? What is real?
Speaker 2 (01:56):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (01:56):
Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah. Pulp is kind of like the
other thing around since the eighties and sort of mixed vibes,
like some of the albums have really had. I think
the nineties US is really where most people will remember
Pulp and a lot of those albums are three albums
through the nineties did really really well for them, but
there's been a lot of messy stuff and changes of
band members and all sorts of things. But he was
(02:17):
the guy that kept going. He has one of those
voices too, like if you hear it, no matter who
he's playing with, it's going to be Polp because that's
the sound of it. Like you say, he's got the name,
and he's also got the voice that takes you through.
This is definitely a reunion album, Like he's got a
whole lot of past members who have come back. It
is also dedicated to Steve MACKI. Now, he's been part
of Pulp right through since the late eighties on every
(02:39):
single album, but he passed away a couple of years ago,
so I kind of like that there's a tribute to
the and then moving forward, there's plenty of what you'd expect.
I love this she found on one of their videos
that they've put out for Spike Island, which was the
lead single off this album. He sounds very Bowie in
it too. By the way, there were some fans, wouldn't
(03:00):
the fans have said, I've just been transformed from a
miserable old croc back to a carefree to a year
old again. I'm loving about the nineties kind of sound.
Does that so that brit pop thing like these guys
I think are quite good at that. There's a little
bit of sort of funk, some funky jams in there
where they've got some funk guitar going on, So a
(03:22):
little bit of maybe playing around with some other genre
is sort of but not really like mostly sticking to
what it is they know, and I think that's quite good.
There's still this signature sort of scathing Jarvis is quite
good at writing where he's always sort of I mean,
surely he is a rich dude, but he likes to
look at life like, oh my gosh, you poor rich people.
Speaker 3 (03:44):
Yeah, I mean that's a lot of British pop and
a British rock, right. There's always the kind of the
the vein of classism kind of you know, kind of
goes through everything, you know.
Speaker 4 (03:57):
And it's part of the British makeup. I suppose a
little bit, isn't it. So Yeah, In glam rock new wave,
there's like that sort of dark maybe the lyrics of
the sort of the dark and it's all of voices,
but there's sort of light like. There's a lot of
really forward movements in some fun kind of sound and
some really catchy tunes that I think they've managed to
capture in here are going back to that growing up song.
I think it's funny because it's like the alt version
(04:19):
of Inside Out movies. You know, I don't know if
you've seen those, but inside Out too. They keep on
trying to make nostalgia not come through the door, but
nostalgia is very heavy and that that song Spike Islands
You're going to play out of here? Like I said,
this sounds a bit Bowie in it. It takes mixed reviews,
like some people aren't digging it. They think it's just
(04:40):
a bit too basic. But you know, the cassio keyboards
is kind of also synonymous with pulp tunes, and I
actually think it's really catchy. I think it's quite good.
I think the music video that goes along with it
is definitely worth the watch. They've done some really clever
imagery in there and then sort of taking the mickey.
They put some words that come up through the video
and it's actually quite funny, taking them macke out of themselves,
(05:02):
which you can, can't you when you've been around since
the late ladies.
Speaker 3 (05:05):
I think, yeah, yeah, oh nice. I'm looking forward to
having a bit more of a listening And so what
did you give it? What did you give more?
Speaker 1 (05:12):
By by?
Speaker 4 (05:14):
If you're already one of their fans, you're going to
really feel connected to this. It will take you back
to a time and place. And if you're new to them,
I think that new way brit pops thaying they do
it really well. So that's a good one to get
in on. I mean over, I'm going to give it
a seven out of ten.
Speaker 3 (05:25):
Okay, seven out of ten. We'll have a bit more
of a listener in a couple of minutes. Thank you
very much to Stelle Pleasure, it is stale. Clifford Our
Music Review ejected that song sounds like early David Bowie. Yes,
I think this is very much by a design, so
you're not the only one to notice that little connection.
And if you like a bit of early Bowie, then
you'll probably like a little bit of Pulp as well.
So we'll pick out a good song to play in
(05:45):
a couple of minutes.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
For more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame, listen live
to news talks that'd be from nine am Saturday, or
follow the podcast on iHeartRadio.
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