Following the band’s rise to fame and a live album recorded at their 2025 London shows, Pulp have confirmed the release of the documentary, Pulp: What Do You Do For An Encore?
Charting the group’s legacy using “never-seen-before archival material” while also giving a behind-the-scenes look at the band’s 2025 More tour, frontman Jarvis Cocker narrates the Garth Jennings-directed film.
A formal description of the feature-length film states:
“It fuses the brilliantly choreographed stage spectacle of Pulp’s biggest ever arena show – part of the global tour for More, the band’s first album in 24 years – with four decades of colourful, never-seen-before archival material …” “[It’s] a vibrant tribute to a band of brilliant misfits, whose unique blend of irony, rebellion, and razor-sharp social commentary resonated with generations of listeners and helped define an era of British culture”.
Though a documentary release date has yet to be set, the band’s live album, Live! recorded during Pulp’s shows at London’s O2 Arena in June 2025, will drop on August 28.
About the project, Jarvis said: “A concert is an event where songs come back to life. That’s why this album is called Live! It’s both a statement of fact (it’s a recording of a live band) and a challenge (come on! Everyone come alive!).”
When asked if fans can expect more new music from the band, Cocker previously hinted there could be more to come, telling NME: “Maybe. 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’. That’s a terrible way to think about your life, really. I didn’t feel that with this record [More].”
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Author: Al Dente
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