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Pulp Are a Cut Above at London’s O2 Arena: 7 Best Moments
Pulp's U.K. and Ireland arena tour hit London on June 13 and packed with moments that confirmed their greatness.
Frontman Jarvis Cocker said that the album — recorded with Nick Banks (drums), Candida Doyle (keyboards) and Mark Webber (guitars) — came together quickly in sessions with producer James Ford (Blur, Depeche Mode, Arctic Monkeys). More is suitably tasteful for a group of sexagenarians, but there’s vim and vigor in the record’s highlights “Spike Island” and “Got to Have Love” alongside the sanguine, wryness of “The Hymn of North” and “A Partial Eclipse.” Upon announcement, Cocker said, “this is the best we can do,” but beneath the playful veneer, there’s great reason for them to be chuffed with how this LP turned out. After a brief intermission — a welcome addition to gigs of this size, perhaps — the core band of Cocker, Banks, Doyle and Webber asked the crowd to imagine they were “in a living room somewhere” for “Something Changed,” a plaintive love song.
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