Jarvis Cocker tells us about Pulp’s new film and future: “It was like a new beginning”

Jarvis Cocker has spoken to NME about Pulp‘s new film What Do You Do For An Encore?, the unique DNA and history of the band, and what the future holds for the Sheffield indie icons. READ MORE: Garth Jennings tells us about Pulp’s “celebratory” new film ‘What Do You Do For An Encore?’ Directed by Garth Jennings – who helmed the classic music videos for Pulp’s ‘Help The Aged’ and ‘A Little Soul’ – the 90-minute movie captures the band’s two sold-out shows at The O2 in London last summer, featuring narration from the group, unseen archive material and rare behind-the-scenes footage. The movie also follows the group’s “extraordinary journey from obscurity to cultural touchstone” up to the huge tour for their first album in 24 years, ‘More’. Cocker sat down with NME just before the London premiere of the film – and ahead of the afterparty which bled into the frontman celebrating his 63rd birthday at Soho’s Bar Italia, as made more famous by the Pulp classic from ‘Different Class’ – where he explained how the tour that followed the release of ‘More’ had a certain newfound spirit to it. “That’s one of the interesting things about the documentary for me is that, by accident really, it ende...