new bsides ehhhh !

:D

yeah, maybe people will be like "wow a jarvis solo single, when the album's coming out" ?

Maybe it could follow "My Super Sweet 16" on MTV.

How odd...I was only asking Hawley on his forum a few days ago whether there were any tracks left over from the lp sessions last summer. Apparently there are but he said that he can't remember the details.

If not, maybe the song he mentioned in an interview (with Planet Sound I think) about VHS and Betamax will turn up. It'll be a shame if there are no new songs on it - I can see them putting a live cover version on, the DLHWYT video and being awkward by putting the b-side on the vinyl!

As regards the choice of song, well it was either Fat Children or Black Magic wasn't it? At a push Heavy Weather. Strange that the 6 month gap between singles mirrors the much-derided We Love Life campaign when we had to wait for a similar length of time between Trees/Sunrise and Bad Cover Version. Of course Don't Let Him...should have trailored the album in November, Fat Children should havve come out in February/March and then a third single for the summer. Still, I doubt Jarvis minds too much about the machinations of it anymore. I think it will do pretty well - should get playlisted on Radio 2 anyway, and Meltdown will just have finished, giving him more exposure. There's the South Bank profile on him on ITV around that time too. All that remains is a Glastonbury slot...surprised that hasn't been forthcoming (unless Meltdown clashes with Glasto?).


-- Edited by Eamonn at 21:46, 2007-05-14

I don't think it's an especially good choice of single to be honest. Yep it's fast and energetic, but it's also not especially tuneful, rather stark-sounding, the lyrics aren't terribly inspiring and it's got that long instrumental bit at the end. I'm not convinced the public at large will really 'get' it. Then again, I suppose it'd stand out - there's not much else that sounds like it at the moment.