Pulp to release Spike Island single as 7" vinyl with new B-side

6 May 2025, 17:14

Pulp press image 2025 — Pulp have returned with new music and news of a UK tour. Picture: Tom Jackson

By Jenny Mensah

The Britpop legends have announced a vinyl version of their new single, which will come with B-side Open Strings- the only other completed song recorded in the album sessions with James Ford.

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Pulp have announced a vinyl edition of their new single.

Last month saw the Britpop legends share the details of More, their first new album in 24 years and its lead single Spike Island.

Now Jarvis Cocker and co have unveiled the details of a 7' vinyl version of the track, which comes along with a new and unheard B-side entitled Open Strings, which they've described as the "the only other completed song to be recorded in the album sessions with James Ford."

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Watch the official video to the band's summery lead single below:

Pulp - Spike Island (Official Video)

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Speaking of the band's More album, Cocker revealed: "... When we started touring again in 2023, we practiced a new song called Hymn of the North during soundchecks and eventually played it at the end of our second night at Sheffield Arena.

"This seemed to open the floodgates: we came up with the rest of the songs on this album during the first half of 2024. A couple are revivals of ideas from last century. The music for one song was written by Richard Hawley. The music for another was written by Jason Buckle. The Eno family sing backing vocals on a song. There are string arrangements written by Richard Jones & played by the Elysian Collective."

The album was recorded over three weeks by Arctic Monkeys' collaborator James Ford at Orbb Studio in Walthamstow.

"The shortest amount of time a Pulp album has ever taken to record," the frontman added, remarking that the album was "ready to happen".

The record is also dedicated to late Pulp bassist Steve Mackey, who sadly died in 2023 aged 56.

Pulp's More album artwork. Picture: Press

Pre-order Pulp's new album More, which is released on 6th June 2025, here.

Pulp's More album tracklisting:

Spike Island
Tina
Grown Ups
Slow Jam
Farmers Market
My Sex
Got To Have Love
Background Noise
Partial Eclipse
The Hymn of the North
A Sunset

This summer will see Pulp embark on live dates, which include two shows at The O2, London and a date at Manchester Co-op Live. The band will also play a homecoming show Tramlines Festival 2025, which takes place at Sheffield's Hillsborough Park on 25th July.