It’s been almost a quarter century since Pulp ’s last album. But the Sheffield, England band — who disbanded after releasing 2001’s We Love Life , reunited to tour in 2011 and again in 2023 — are back with More . The band’s eighth full-length builds on Pulp’s legacy of indie-disco bangers like 1995’s “Common People” and mini-epics like the title track to 1998’s bummer ride This Is Hardcore. It’s technically a reunion album, but it’s not asking the question “do you remember the first time?” as much as it is wondering what happens next, to often-revitalizing effect.

These 11 songs represent an evolution of Pulp in both sound and outlook — something that should be inevitable after two and a half decades, but that is too often lacking from later releases by big-ticket outfits. Leader

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