{"id":2346563,"date":"2026-03-26T16:39:46","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T16:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2346563"},"modified":"2026-03-26T16:39:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T16:39:46","slug":"pulp-digitally-release-new-ep-featuring-johnny-cash-cover-and-two-new-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/pulp-digitally-release-new-ep-featuring-johnny-cash-cover-and-two-new-songs\/","title":{"rendered":"Pulp digitally release new EP featuring Johnny Cash cover and two new songs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/pulp\">Pulp<\/a> have digitally released their new EP featuring two new songs and a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/johnny-cash\">Johnny Cash<\/a> cover.<\/p>\n<p>The EP was previously only able to purchase\u00a0as a 12\u2033 vinyl exclusive via Rough Trade, but has now been made available on streaming platforms for everyone to listen to.<\/p>\n<p>It contains two new songs called \u2018Marrying For Love\u2019 and \u2018Cold Call On The Hotline\u2019. The former is a lounge-y love song, while the latter features a self-deprecating narrator desperately waiting for an answer on a sex hotline: \u201c<em>I\u2019ve heard of phone sex, but phone impotence, that\u2019s a new one on me<\/em>\u201c.<\/p>\n<p>The EP also contains <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/check-out-pulps-sultry-cover-of-johnny-cashs-the-man-comes-around-3911838\">Pulp\u2019s sultry cover of Johnny Cash\u2019s \u2018The Man Comes Around\u2019.<\/a> The song features in a pivotal moment of ITV drama series <em>The Hack<\/em>, which is based on the 2011 phone hacking scandal that led to <em>The News of the World<\/em> closing.<\/p>\n<p>Take a listen to \u2018The Man Comes Around\u2019 EP below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: The Man Comes Around\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/0GSS3P7JIbwd15FHWwHV82?si=bLMxcHlSSA-Ca7GpZta2Wg&amp;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The two new songs on the EP come from the recording sessions of \u2018More\u2019, which was the Britpop band\u2019s first new album in 24 years.<\/p>\n<p><em>NME<\/em> hailed the record in a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/pulp-more-album-review-jarvis-cocker-3866730\">four-star review<\/a>, writing: \u201c\u2018More\u2019 is everything you\u2019d want a Pulp album to be, made richer from some lived experience. Just as\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/blur\">Blur<\/a>\u00a0did with \u2018<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/blur-the-ballad-of-darren-review-lyrics-tracklist-3470424\">The Ballad Of Darren<\/a>\u2019 and\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/suede\">Suede<\/a>\u00a0have managed on their\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/suede-autofiction-review-3310002\">immaculate run of post-reunion albums<\/a>, Pulp have retained their original spirit and flair into a statement of middle age without feeling any less vital.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/features\/music-interviews\/pulps-jarvis-cocker-interview-more-new-album-britpop-oasis-tour-3867329\">we spoke to frontman Jarvis Cocker<\/a> around the release of the album, with the Sheffield star opening up to us about the loss of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/pulp-bass-player-steve-mackey-has-died-3407103\">beloved bassist Steve Mackey<\/a>\u00a0in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a big blow to lose him,\u201d Cocker told us. \u201cOn an obvious level, him passing away makes you consider your own mortality and what you want to do with your life. That was a bit of a spur to create things because we were still in a position where we could do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The band will be embarking on a series of UK and European shows this year, with their <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/pulp-announce-only-major-uk-headline-concert-tour-2026-manchester-self-esteem-tickets-3909329\">only major UK headline concert to take place in Manchester<\/a> in August. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/self-esteem\">Self Esteem<\/a> will perform as support act at the huge show at Wythenshawe Park \u2013 tickets are on sale <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketmaster.co.uk\/pulp-tickets\/artist\/747247?irgwc=1&amp;afsrc=1&amp;utm_source=2862475-NME%20Networks%20Media%20Limited&amp;utm_medium=affiliate&amp;utm_campaign=2862475&amp;awtrc=&amp;camefrom=CFC_BUYAT_2862475&amp;ircid=24023&amp;clickId=xlVWnrRaKxycUPNUl8VA22RPUkuwNVzwC184y80\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The band will also\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/end-of-the-road-2026-line-up-pulp-cmat-mac-demarco-first-headliners-3910487\">top the bill at End Of The Road 2026<\/a> and headline <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/mad-cool-2026-set-and-performance-times-revealed-3920654\">Mad Cool Festival<\/a> in Madrid.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"@welovepulp give their verdict on the Mercury Prize heading out of London for the first time\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l9fFckaXovk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Elsewhere, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/pulps-jarvis-cocker-teases-we-might-write-some-more-songs-3906406\">Cocker recently teased that Pulp \u201cmight write some more songs\u201d together<\/a>. The update came after his bandmates\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/pulp-not-itching-to-make-another-new-album-despite-mercury-prize-nomination-for-more-3900007\">Nick Banks and Candida Doyle told\u00a0<em>NME<\/em>\u00a0that they were \u201cnot itching\u201d to make another new album<\/a>. \u201cAn EP, maybe, or a single,\u201d Doyle added.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/features\/music-interviews\/pulps-jarvis-cocker-interview-more-new-album-britpop-oasis-tour-3867329\">When pressed by\u00a0<em>NME\u00a0<\/em>on a proper follow-up to \u2018More\u2019<\/a>, Cocker replied:\u00a0\u201cMaybe. We tried to not have a concept for this record or think, \u2018This is it, this is our last gas\u2019. I used to think that a lot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had this weird thing that when an album was mixed and finished where I\u2019d think, \u2018Oh, I can die now and it would be OK\u2019. That\u2019s a terrible way to think about your life, really. I didn\u2019t feel that with this record.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('consent', 'revoke');\n  fbq('init', '370979561341328');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.nme.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pulp have digitally released their new EP featuring two new songs and a Johnny Cash cover. The EP was previously only able to purchase\u00a0as a 12\u2033 vinyl exclusive via Rough Trade, but has now been made available on streaming platforms for everyone to listen to. It contains two new songs called \u2018Marrying For Love\u2019 and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2346564,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[345910,21935],"class_list":["post-2346563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-britpop","tag-indie"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Pulp-digitally-release-new-EP-featuring-Johnny-Cash-cover-and.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2346563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2346563"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2346563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2346565,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2346563\/revisions\/2346565"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2346564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2346563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2346563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2346563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}