Perhaps it was inevitable that Jarvis Cocker would find no peace in domesticity. It may have treated him well for a brief period, resulting in the quite brilliant mature pop of his 2006 solo debut, but no other pop star has been as singularly sex-obsessed as Jarvis, so it was just a matter of time before his attentions wandered elsewhere...and so they have on his wildly depraved second album, Further Complications. Right from the start with the thumping "Angela," Jarvis has flesh on the mind, just as he did during the days of His 'n' Hers with its songs about sisters, virginity, and fetishes, but where those songs were underscored by the vague melancholy of somebody who has only glimpsed his fantasy and frets that he will never see it again, the songs here pulsate with perversion, a middle-aged man making damn sure that he's going to get with a tight 23-year-old body yet again; it's the sound of a fetishist turned sexual omnivore. Fittingly, the sound of the record is completely changed, with only the closing "You're in My Eyes (Discosong)" echoing back to the louche, languid urban fantasies of "Deep Fried in Kelvin." The rest is all gnarled, ugly hard rock, dredging up ghosts of the Stooges and the Spiders from Mars, dressing them in stylish second-hand clothes that are razored to ribbons by Steve Albini's typically unflinching production. Under his cold glare, all the madness of Further Complications is pushed right to the surface -- all the stuttering, slashing guitars, Steve Mackey's wailing sax, Jarvis' obsessive, compulsive carnality. If he has any regrets leaving the settled bohemian pop professor of Jarvis behind, it only surfaces on "Slush," a dirgelike meditation on global warming overshadowed by the hedonistic riot of Further Complications at large, a record that does its best to live up to Cocker's "never said I was deep, but I am profoundly shallow" proclamation. He's denied his id for too long, so the dam bursts here and it's impossible not to happily wallow in the flood of filth unleashed by Further Complications.
A more appropriate title for Jarvis Cocker’s second solo album can’t exist. Further Complications sees Cocker take his classic working class tales full of acerbic wit and social commentary and pass it through the meat grinder, ending up with a full-on garage rock album that runs in stark contrast to the art school pop of [...]
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Jarvis Cocker turns it up to 11 for his best album this decade.
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Status Quo, Tom Jones, Franz Ferdinand and Spinal Tap are among the diverse acts revealed in the final line-up for this year's Glastonbury Festival.They will join previously announced headliners Blur, Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young at the Somerset event.Abba tribute band Bjorn Again, Dizzee Rascal, Lily Allen, Jarvis Cocker and Madness will also perform at the festival, which runs from 26-28 ...
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Jarvis Cocker is making available a free download of the Pilooski edit of You're In My Eyes (Discosong) through his website, www.jarviscocker.net. <>This version of the track, originally from his recent second solo album "Further Complications.", is previously un-available. Based in France, Pilooski is perhaps best known for his D-i-r-t-y 12" edits series (the most renowned being his version <
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Jarvis Cocker released his second solo album "Further Complications" earlier this year now he has released the video for the title track from the album. The video looks similar to the album cover for the new album and all of the press photos that were released in promotion...Click the link to read more
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Jarvis Cocker has premiered the music video for “Further Complications“.The song is the title-track off the singers latest album which is out now.The video was directed by Stephanie Di Giusto.Jarvis Cocker
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For his new video for the single Further Complications taken from his latest full-length of the same name, Jarvis Cocker has taken it upon himself to show you his playful side for once, for the entire length. A huge white background, some boxes and moving walls and 100% Cocker and his dodgy dance-moves take up most of the three minute-twenty second flick and whilst the indie-rock behind is grea.
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Whenever a member of a Britpop band (Oasis, Blur, Pulp, etc.) speaks, somebody’s going to get dissed. That isn’t a bad thing though; it’s just how they roll. In fact, Jarvis Cocker has gotten so good at slagging off fellow rockers, he’s passing on...
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Brit rocker Jarvis Cocker got some flack recently when he criticized UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s Labour party in an interview with GQ magazine. Here’s the quote that got people all bent out of shape: “A Conservative government is necessary....
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Former Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker has announced that his second album will be titled "Further Complications". The follow-up to his 2006 release will be release on May 19 and May 18 in the UK on Rough Trade. Steve Albini served as the producer for the new album. Recording took place i Steve Albini's Electrical Audio studio in Chicago because Cocker like the sound and because "it was very cheap"...
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A more appropriate title for Jarvis Cocker’s second solo album can’t exist. Further Complications sees Cocker take his classic working class tales full of acerbic wit and social commentary and pass it through the meat grinder, ending up with a full-on garage rock album that runs in stark contrast to the art school pop of [...]
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Jarvis Cocker turns it up to 11 for his best album this decade.
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AR: I'm ok with this guy getting beat up by white set pieces.
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Jarvis Cocker performed on last night's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. The former Pulp frontman performed the title track from his second solo album "Further Complications". He did spark something within ?uestlove who wanted to ruin his performance. The Roots' drummer...Click the link to read more
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"...Further Complications uses rawness and new energy to claw forward, getting closer and closer to that certain whatever-it-is-that-Jarvis-Cocker-should-be-doing-as-a-solo-artist something."Just in case you didn't grab this earlier, here's a "nice little piece of freakbeat sweetmeat" from Jarvis Cocker's upcoming album: AngelaJarvis Cocker- Further Complications (Rough Trade)Release: May 18th...
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My landlord is a Royal Navy pilot, he flies those big grey helicopterswhich carry the ominous observation globe on their undercarriage. Thebase isn’t far from here and I often see them flying overhead. When Iam outside smoking a cigarette I imagine him zooming in on the weedsthat are slowly prying apart his patio slabs, then looking at me.
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NPR is streaming John Vanderslice's Romanian Names (MP3) AOL/Spinner is streaming the following albums through Sunday, May 17, so listen while you can. • 'Further Complications' by Jarvis Cocker (MP3) • 'Townes' by Steve Earle (MP3) • 'OK Bear' by...
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| 1 "Further Complications." |
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| 2 Angela |
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| 3 Pilchard |
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| 4 Leftovers |
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| 5 I Never Said I Was Deep |
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| 6 Homewrecker! |
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| 7 Hold Still |
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| 8 Fuckingsong |
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| 9 Caucasian Blues |
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| 10 Slush |
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| 11 You're in My Eyes (Discosong) |
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