Pulp has made its new EP available on streaming platforms, following an exclusive vinyl release. The EP includes two new songs from the band's recent album sessions and a cover of Johnny Cash's 'The Man Comes Around'.
Pulp has digitally released an EP that was previously available only as a 12-inch vinyl exclusive through Rough Trade. The release, now accessible on streaming services, features two new tracks, 'Marrying For Love' and 'Cold Call On The Hotline', alongside a sultry cover of Johnny Cash's 'The Man Comes Around' from his album American IV: The Man Comes Around (2002). The cover appears in a key scene of the ITV drama series The Hack, which draws from the 2011 phone-hacking scandal that shuttered News of the World and led to the imprisonment of Andy Coulson and others. The new songs originated from sessions for Pulp's album More, the Britpop band's first in 24 years. NME awarded More four stars, praising it as 'everything you’d want a Pulp album to be, made richer from some lived experience'. Frontman Jarvis Cocker discussed the impact of bassist Steve Mackey's death in 2023, telling NME: 'It was a big blow to lose him. On an obvious level, him passing away makes you consider your own mortality and what you want to do with your life. That was a bit of a spur to create things because we were still in a position where we could do that.' Pulp has a busy schedule ahead, including UK and European shows, a headline slot at Manchester's Wythenshawe Park in August with Self Esteem supporting, top billing at End of the Road 2026, and headlining Mad Cool Festival in Madrid. Cocker recently hinted that the band 'might write some more songs', despite drummer Nick Banks and keyboardist Candida Doyle expressing less urgency for a full album, suggesting perhaps an EP or single instead.
