Chilly Gonzales collaboration?? Is that piano? 

May i say "finally" ?

Not too mellow piano though, Jarv. Please

Also, His first record had a lot of piano on it too.

From NME

Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker has revealed details of a new "multi-media musical entertainment" he has devised with musician Chilly Gonzales.

'Room 29: Jarvis Cocker & Chilly Gonzales' will run at London's Barbican Theatre from March 23-25, 2017 and is described in a press release as "a song-cycle concerning the goings-on in Room 29 of the Château Marmont hotel in Hollywood" featuring "the music of Chilly Gonzales and the words of Jarvis Cocker along with clips from classic Hollywood movies, live dance and audience participation".

Cocker says of the project: "Featuring contributions from film historian David Thomson and the stories of famous former occupants of the room such as Jean Harlow and Howard Hughes, the show will also attempt to unpick the way a heady concoction dreamt up in the immediate vicinity of the hotel went on to intoxicate the entire population of planet Earth. Or, (to quote the sub-title of David Thomsons book The Big Screen): it is also the story of the movies and what they did to us."

"For the duration of one evening the entire audience will be occupants of Room 29. You will be greeted by our concierge and you will be given a key. Sit down, get comfortable it will be our pleasure to serve up a night of entertainment like no other: Room 29 may be a real location in Hollywood, California but it is also a place within each one of us. Through this collection of songs we hope to open the door to that room for all those of you who wish to explore it. Hows that for Room Service?"

Tickets go on sale on Monday, October 10.

In May, Cocker released a 7" EP of music written for the Neil Gaiman TV series Likely Stories.

Jarvis worked on the score for the series with Scott Walker percussionist Alasdair Malloy, Serafina Steer, Bas Jan, Martin Slattery (The Hours, Black Grape) and drummer Tom Skinner (Melt Yourself Down). Portishead's Adrian Utley plays synth on the 'Main Theme'.

He described the music on the EP as: "Four grubby tales set in all night cafes, low rent drinking dens and doctors surgeries. I didn't have to leave my comfort zone for this assignment."


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Oh well, i'l go back to my Pulp / Jarvis sleep. Looks like Jarvis is never gonna make a proper record again

Can I just point out that the NME article says nothing about an album? They've done Room 29 before & I'm sure it'll be quite the night for those who attend, but (purely me speculating of course) I'd think if they were going to also release an album of music from the project, they would've announced that at the same time. So, perhaps we're still in for a third Jarvis solo album. He did say "proper record" & those two words give me hope.

But I absolutely am hoping for some real singing on whatever the new music turns out to be. There was a video of him performing "The Heavy" in Paris the other week & he still sounds excellent.

Even if the album does turn out to be the music from Room 29 I'd be interested in hearing it cos I certainly wasn't at the last show & unless fortune strikes I won't be at the London ones.

I was thinking the same about the effect on the high note. High notes can be hard to hit when singing quietly, though. I agree, more singing please!

 A tracklist & full details about the album are available here:

http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/us/cat/4797010

Looks like you can pre-order it as well

Thanks for that, Andy.

Again, seems like the vocal is so up on the mix. Like the recent recording of Happy New Year Baby. I can't hear past it.
Did Jarvis suddenly fall in love with his voice? He used to disparage it quite regularly, but these songs are all breath and upfront. Absolutely no echo or reverb or anything.