Pulp announce vinyl release of ‘Spike Island’ single with new B-side

Pulp have announced their vinyl release of ‘Spike Island’ single with a brand new B-side.

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The Britpop legends recently dropped the news of their comeback album ‘More’, which lands June 6 via Rough Trade.

After releasing the festival-ready lead single ‘Spike Island’ in April, Pulp have now announced ‘Spike Island’ will be released on vinyl on May 23 – their first vinyl release since 2013’s James Murphy-produced ‘After You’.

“Following the overwhelming (& heartwarming) reaction to the digital release of Spike Island, the song is being made available on a 7” slice of plastic,” they wrote on social media.”

They also shared that a “new and unheard” track called ‘Open Strings’ will be on the B-side, adding that it was “the only other completed song to be recorded in the album sessions with James Ford.”

Pre-order the ‘Spike Island’ vinyl and LP here.

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Rumours of Pulp’s return started swirling when the band signed a new record deal with Rough Trade last year after reuniting again in 2023 for the first Pulp shows since 2012 – playing new songs while out on the road, such as ‘Farmer’s Market’, ‘Spike Island’, ‘My Sex’, ‘You’ve Got To Have Love’, ‘Background Noise’ and ‘A Sunset’.

Unveiling ‘More’ in April – their newest record in 24 years – Pulp confirmed to BBC 6 Music that “the record has been done for a while” and the wait between records felt like “a lifetime”.

“[Playing live] was a big influence on it – that we played and the songs came back to life,” Cocker added. “We did play one new song towards the end of the tour and no one threw stuff at us or left to go to the bar. We chose to do it quickly… it wanted to come out.”

The ‘More’ tracklist is:

1. ‘Spike Island’
2. ‘Tina’
3. ‘Grown Ups’
4. ‘Slow Jam’
5. ‘Farmers Market’
6. ‘My Sex’
7. ‘Got To Have Love’
8. ‘Background Noise’
9. ‘Partial Eclipse’
10. ‘A Hymn Of The North’
11. ‘A Sunset’

Pulp are due to head off on a slew of dates, including a UK arena tour and a North American tour. Along with two shows at London’s O2, the band will also head to Atlanta, Boston, Detroit and more, finishing with two shows at LA’s Hollywood Bowl with LCD Soundsystem.

See all dates below and nab UK tickets here and North American tickets here:

Pulp’s 2025 tour dates are:

JUNE
7 – Glasgow, OVO Hydro
10 – Dublin 3Arena
13 – London, The O2
14 – London, The O2
19 – Birmingham, Utilita Arena
21 – Manchester, Co-op Live

SEPTEMBER
4 – Atlanta, GA – Tabernacle
6 – Washington, DC – The Anthem
9 – Philadelphia, PA – The Met 
11 – Queens, NY – Forest Hills Stadium
13 – Boston, MA – The Stage at Suffolk Downs
16 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage
17 – Detroit, MI – Masonic Temple
20 – Minneapolis, MN – The Armory
22 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre
25 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl (with LCD Soundsystem)
26 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl (with LCD Soundsystem)

Elsewhere, Pulp, IDLES and Fontaines D.C. are among dozens of artists to sign Heavenly Recordings’ letter defending Kneecap’s “freedom of expression”.

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