Pulp har annonceret, at bandet gendannes til en række festivalkoncerter næste år. I den anledning bringer The Guardian et fint tilbageblik på bandets karriere.
Alexis Petridis skriver bl.a.:
Almost uniquely among the Britpop hits, their biggest singles, Common People and Sorted for E's and Wizz, arrived lyrics-first: the words were important, maybe more so than the melodies. Furthermore, what the words had to say often seemed at odds with the prevalent culture Pulp were supposed to be the apotheosis of: in the era of the new lad, Common People decried class "tourism"; while other bands strove for mainstream inclusivity, Mis-Shapes celebrated the outsider who "could end up with a smash in the mouth just for standing out". Their music looked beyond Britpop's limited musical horizons: you could hear disco, Sparks, Roxy Music, tacky 80s Europop, the Fall, the indie music that Oasis et al set out to replace.
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