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Pulp are really doing the thing! Last year, the reunited Britpop greats released More<\/a><\/em>, their first album in 24 years. It fucking ruled. There’s been more music since, then, too. In November, Pulp shared their surprising cover of Johnny Cash’s “The Man Comes Around<\/a>.” Last month, they dropped the excellent psych-rock protest song “Begging For Change<\/a>” on the HELP(2)<\/a><\/em> compilation. Now, their 12″ single for “The Man Comes Around” is out, and it’s got two new songs as B-sides.<\/p>\n You should know better than to write off Pulp’s B-sides, since you have decades of evidence that a lot of great stuff never makes it onto their albums. “Marrying For Love,” one of Pulp’s new tracks, is a kind of deranged, percussive easy-listening thing, and Jarvis Cocker spends about half of it in spoken-word rant mode. It’s a love song, naturally. Here’s one great lyric: “Armageddon postponed, paradise regained, ten thousand saxophones take to the street. Can you imagine the racket? But I love it.” Here’s another one: “A new source of energy that doesn’t cost the earth: Erotic rebirth.”<\/p>\n “Cold Call On The Hot Line,” the other new Pulp song, plays around in the same organ-centric Muzak playground. This time around, Jarvis Cocker talks about being stuck on hold and longing for phone sex. Great lyric: “Please help me become a well-rounded personality\/ Because you’re well-rounded, as far as I can see.” Check out both songs below.<\/p>\n