The 7-track record will be out on May 1st via Rough Trade Records, featuring their previously unveiled single "Must I Evolve?," and the new song "House Music All Night Long". Pre-order your copy here.
This is the first original music from Jarvis Cocker since the “Further Complications” album in 2009.
This is the first original music from Jarvis Cocker since the “Further Complications” album in 2009.
JARV IS... features Cocker (vocals, guitar, percussion), Serafina Steer (harp, keyboards, vocals), Emma Smith (violin, guitar vocals), Andrew McKinney (bass, vocals), Jason Buckle (synthesizer and electronic treatments), and Adam Betts (drums, percussion, vocals).
JARV IS… was conceived as a way of writing songs in collaboration with an audience. As the material they were playing was in a state of flux the band decided to record their live shows so that they could monitor how the songs were developing. After an appearance at the Desert Daze festival in California, Geoff Barrow (Portishead, Beak) suggested that these recordings could be used as the basis for an album. Overdubs and vocals were added at Narcissus Studios in Neasden, London. Post-production work took place at Jason Buckle’s Place du Big Boss studio in Raynes Park, London..
Check out the album's tracklist and watch the video for "House Music All Night Long", below.
JARV IS… was conceived as a way of writing songs in collaboration with an audience. As the material they were playing was in a state of flux the band decided to record their live shows so that they could monitor how the songs were developing. After an appearance at the Desert Daze festival in California, Geoff Barrow (Portishead, Beak) suggested that these recordings could be used as the basis for an album. Overdubs and vocals were added at Narcissus Studios in Neasden, London. Post-production work took place at Jason Buckle’s Place du Big Boss studio in Raynes Park, London..
Check out the album's tracklist and watch the video for "House Music All Night Long", below.
01. Save the Whale
02. Must I Evolve?
03. Am I Missing Something?
04. House Music All Night Long
05. Sometimes I am Pharaoh
06. Swanky Modes
07. Children of the Echo
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