Jarvis Cocker teases more Pulp shows and discusses new project ‘Biophobia’: “I used to be scared of nature”

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Jarvis Cocker has spoken to NME about debuting his latest project ‘Biophobia’, describing it as “my attempt to get to grips with nature”.

He also spoke about more gigs being on the horizon for Pulp.The frontman was speaking before delivering ‘Biophobia’ at GEI – Green Events and Innovations conference – in London on Tuesday (February 27).

The 30-minute multimedia presentation featured an unreleased song performed by Cocker, ‘A Sunset’, co-written by Richard Hawley and previously aired by the duo at The Leadmill in their native Sheffield in 2022.Speaking to NME, Cocker suggested the track could at some point be officially released , and confirmed Pulp’s touring plans will extend into 2025.Discussing the origins of ‘Biophobia’, Cocker explained that he’d been approached by iconic artist and producer Brian Eno about collaborating with Eno’s Earth/Percent project – an organisation set up to help the music community support the most impactful organisations addressing the climate emergency.“I panicked and said ‘I’ll do a PowerPoint presentation’,” recalled Cocker. “It was the first thing that came into my head.”He continued: “I was trying to think about what I could do.

Brian has got a lot of knowledge about the situation [the climate crisis], and I certainly haven’t got anything like that. I knew I couldn’t do something that was trying to be on that level – so I went back to some of the things I’ve done.”Cocker worked on the project during Pulp’s reunion tour last year, and performed ‘Biophobia’ for the first time in January 2024.