2014 sees the 20th anniversary of Pulp's major label debut album His n' Hers (but they had been carrying on as a band for over a decade before that). The investment of major label Britpop cash would polish up Pulp's visual image, but the band were already well on their way of hitting a stride of classic indie pop tunes.
Pulp jumped leaps and bounds from the lo-fi student film vibe of the original 1992 video of 'Babies.' This shiny, glowing new video for the singles' major label re-release in 1994 ushered in their 'pure pop stars' period.
Candy-colored objects and pretty young models on a stark white backdrop make for a striking scene. And then there's Jarvis Cocker, the thinking-man's frontperson, a smart-ass spokemans for mid-'90s Britpop youth culture (although he was already over 30 at the time).
Tall, pencil-thin, sharp suit, floppy fringe. I wanted to be Jarvis in 1995, but so did a lot of us. After disbanding in 2002, Pulp played a few one off gigs in this decade. Could it be time to see a potential new Pulp album (their first since 2001) anytime in the near future?
Their critical and commercial zenith, 1995's Different Class is just around the corner from it's own 20th anniversary. Hopefully we're not left with just Cocker's mediocre 2nd solo album, 2009's Further Complications as the last musical output of Pulp's core. It's got to be better than that, right Jarv?
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