Pulp: Tiny Desk Concert

"Just before making the short walk from our makeshift green room (a converted office) to the Tiny Desk down the hall, the band members held hands and sang, "This will be the very best Tiny Desk." It's the kind of deadpan humor long found in the band's music, but also in their performance, as Cocker crooned, cooed and danced his way through four tracks."

"It's the kind of deadpan humor long found in the band's music, but also in their performance, as Cocker crooned, cooed and danced his way through four tracks. The oldest they played, "Acrylic Afternoons," dates back to the 1994 album His 'n' Hers. But they also performed the jangly "Something Changed," from 1995's Different Class, along with one of Pulp's career-defining and fan-favorite songs, "This Is Hardcore," originally released in 1998."

"SET LIST "This Is Hardcore" "Something Changed" "A Sunset" "Acrylic Afternoons" MUSICIANS Jarvis Cocker: vocals, guitar Candida Doyle: keys Mark Webber: guitar, piano Nick Banks: cajon Emma Smith: violin, background vocals Richard Jones: viola, background vocals Andrew McKinney: bass Adam Betts: percussion, background vocals Jason Buckle: guitar TINY DESK TEAM Producer: Robin Hilton Director/Editor: Kara Frame Audio Technical Director: Josh Newell Host/Series Producer: Bobby Carter"

Pulp returned in 2025 with More, its first full-length in nearly a quarter century. A couple of months after the album's release, the band visited NPR's D.C. offices to perform a career-spanning Tiny Desk set. The four-song set included 'This Is Hardcore,' 'Something Changed,' 'A Sunset,' and the 1994 track 'Acrylic Afternoons.' Jarvis Cocker led vocals and guitar while band members provided keys, strings, percussion, and backing vocals. The performance combined the band's deadpan humor and theatrical movement with intimate, stripped arrangements. A Tiny Desk production team handled direction, audio, and video for the session.

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