Pulp unveiled a brand new song while in Mexico City.
Like their Britpop comrades Blur, Pulp brought their 2023 live reunion to Mexico last weekend after a big summer of UK outdoor appearances which included Finsbury Park in London right at the start of July.
“The band launch into I Spy before Jarvis rises from a platform at the back to cast his unmistakable silhouette against a moon backdrop,” our review reads. “The track may have come from their biggest album (Different Class) but it’s not one of their most immediate, yet the performance of Cocker and the surprising heft of his bandmates leave the crowd enraptured before Disco 2000 gets everyone moving.”
“Streamers are launched and proceed to get caught amidst the speaker stacks, screens, and trees and stay there for the rest of the show. Much like Cocker trying to catch a grape in his mouth (and failing twice), it’s all very Pulp.”
Jarvis then addresses London Pride (taking place across the capital throughout the day) and dedicates Mis-Shapes to the LGBTQ+ fans in the crowd before paying tribute to their former bassist, the late Steve Mackey who passed away earlier in the year: “I tend to talk about him before this song,” he announces, “because this song’s called Something Changed. It’s about how somebody can enter your life and really change it all.” It sweeps, it soars and by rights, there shouldn’t be a dry eye in the house.