Pulp have debuted another brooding unreleased song titled ‘My Sex’ while on tour in the US. Find footage of the moment below.
Jarvis Cocker and co. took over History in Toronto last night (September 10) as the second stop of their North American tour. The dates follow on from their extensive run of performances across Europe this summer and marked their return to the States in 12 years.
They kicked off the show playing tracks that span their entire discography including the likes of ‘Disco 2000’, ‘Something Changed’, ‘Pink Glove’, ‘Sorted for E’s & Wizz’, ‘Babies’ and ‘Common People’.
During their three-track encore, the iconic Sheffield band launched into a new and unreleased track titled ‘My Sex’. The song opens with a dark and brooding bassline as Cocker sings about “My Sex [being] one-of-a-kind and ill defined”. The song is sultry and reminiscent of something Serge Gainsbourg or Alex Turner of the Arctic Monkeys would write. Check out the full track below.
NEW PULP SONG (sorry Mark I did film) pic.twitter.com/69J7q2qWEC
— ester (@kIopptimistic) September 11, 2024
Pulp’s Toronto setlist on September 10 was:
‘I Spy’
‘Disco 2000’
‘Lipgloss’
‘Something Changed’
‘Pink Glove’
‘Weeds’
‘Weeds II (The Origin of the Species)’
‘F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E.’
‘Sorted for E’s & Wizz’
‘This Is Hardcore’
‘Do You Remember the First Time?’
‘Babies’
‘Sunrise’
‘Like a Friend’
‘Underwear’
‘Common People’
‘My Sex’ (New song; world premiere)
‘Razzmatazz’
‘Glory Days’
‘My Sex’ is the second new unreleased track to be performed by Pulp since the start of their US tour. At the first show of the tour in Chicago’s Aragon Ballroom, the band debuted a song titled ‘Spike Island’.
Intrigue about new material from Pulp has been swirling in recent months. For instance, the frontman was recently spotted in Walthamstow by a fan, and reportedly told them that the band were heading “back in the studio”.
That took place just days after Pulp performed at Flow Festival 2024 and used their set to debut a new song titled ‘A Sunset’, which was co-written by Richard Hawley.
Before then, the vocalist spoke to NME and suggested the song could be officially released at some point, as well as confirmed Pulp’s touring plans for 2025.
Pulp in Toronto. No words. They were just brilliant and we got *another* new song. This band are going somewhere! pic.twitter.com/53luZRK0vQ
— Acrylic Afternoons (@AcrylcAftrnoons) September 11, 2024
Hopes for new material stem back into 2023 as well, when the members debuted a track called ‘Background Noise’ at a show in Mexico last November. It came after they performed an unreleased track titled ‘Hymn Of The North’ in Sheffield.
Speaking to NME last October, however, Pulp drummer Nick Banks put a dampener on hopes of new material, downplaying the rumours by saying that their reunion gigs were “more about getting the party back”.
Pulp’s last full-length release was 2001’s ‘We Love Life‘. In a three-star review of the LP, NME described the record as “a grandiose, symphonic affair buoyed by succinct orchestration and white-light choral interludes”. It added: “At times, the music really sparkles as it soars above Cocker’s bleakly-intoned spoken-word meditations.”
The band then released a one-off track back in 2013 titled ‘After You’. The single was originally demoed during the early recording sessions of ‘We Love Life’ and was left unfinished until 2012 when the band returned to it and finished it during their comeback tour.
Their ongoing run of ‘This Is What We Do For An Encore’ tour dates will continue throughout this month, and the stint includes shows in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York and more. Following the initial announcement, the band went on to announce further dates due to high demand. Visit here for any remaining tickets.
In other Pulp news, the band recently shared details of their first show for 2025, taking place at a huge new festival in Japan.