i was thinking the same thing about relaxed muscle!

Ok so I panicked and got mates to try and get tickets too. We all succeeded... I'll have at least one to sell, possibly 2. Face value (plus booking) because I'm not a profiteering twat

Eamonn wrote:

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Hackney has acted like it's the centre of earth for a while now! 

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Earth is more Dalston/Stoke Newington than Hackney. Which makes it exactly the centre of the earth Well it was for me up to the age of 11.  Earth itself is our former local fleapit (ABC Cinema) which I used to go to for Saturday morning pictures.   

Looks like unallocated seating so I will get there nice & early.  Will probably be queuing down Shacklewell Lane like I was over 40 years ago

Doesn't look much different 40 years on

Don't fancy standing on that banked seating.

 

 

I have fear of missing out!

I've just got days off work...

I've only just got the money ffs!

This is superb - from Jarv's Instagram

Yes, apparently same setlists as the Spring tour. Hoping he'll add something special for Halloween, if not Spooner maybe The Fear?

Regarding the forthcoming 3rd album/ep/collection of songs.
Jarvis seems to only be performing perhaps 5-6 new songs?
Surely if the album was closer he would be testing more songs live, as per what happened with the early FC tours/shows?
Any chance of new new songs for the gig later this month?

I was listening to John Hillcock filling for Steve Lamacq yesterday on Radio 6 and he said that Jarvis is going to be on Roundtable on Thursday evening! Now maybe he's just being generally matey with Steve Lamacq - they do seem pretty friendly, but he's only been on it quite rarely before and usually people are on things like that for a reason ...

Plenty of Halloween frolics, dangling an apple from a rod for audience members to try and bite.
Fantastic intro with one guy dressed as Chaplin and one as a Pharaoh in a nod to the song.
Setlist a bit disappointing, same as it's been at all the shows this year. He mentioned Mark and Candida were in the audience before HnH and apologised in advance in case they murdered it. Finished with a cover of Bela Legusi's Dead. Think he's DJing now but I'm tired and hungry and it's a school night.

That was the best Jarvis solo show I have seen and has a great vantage point at the bottom level at the back.  New songs all sound pretty good though maybe needing a little production refinement in the studio.  And covering Bauhaus was an unexpected treat. 

Always one with the questions in song titles isn't he?  DYRTFT? Am I missing something? Must I evolve?

Set list

1. Sometimes I Am Pharoah
2. Elvis Has Left The Building
3. Further Complications
4. You're in My Eyes (Discosong)
5. Must I Evolve?
6. Fat Children
7. Children of the Echo
8. Am I Missing Something?
9. Swanky Modes
10. Cunts Are Still Running the World

Encore:

1. His 'n' Hers
2. Bela Lugosi's Dead

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For some reason I thought you were the older guy at the front chatting to a young Russian fella beside you.

It was the lamest audience response to "What makes you frightened?" yet. The first guy was dumbfounded, the second person said Trump.

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mmm, I am an older guy but I wasn't with a Russian!  You should have introduced yourself to me/him  

I did turn to my non-Russian friend (who is an even older guy!) and wondered how many in the audience were born after I first saw Pulp about 25 years ago or so.  I suspect there were very few, if any, who saw them in Highbury Garage back then who were present last night.

Again, Jarvis with the questions.  What makes me frightened?  Rock stars spontaneously thrusting microphones at my face!  Just to confirm, that wasn't me either.

 

Ah ignore it was Jarv.eu

Thanx for the reviews guys. Let's hope he now releases something soon

Too bad coz the october window would have been perfect. Not too many big releases.

andy wrote:

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Thanx for the reviews guys. Let's hope he now releases something soon

Too bad coz the october window would have been perfect. Not too many big releases.

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Sadly, he was asked about this on Radio 6 last night and said they aren't recording anything, something along the lines of being old school and you've got to come and see us. 

He seems to be up to lots of bits and pieces, so maybe those snippets we catch of him being spotted in a studio are to do with those. For example, the last few days I have seen this being promoted round Twitter:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5&v=p4P9Cal1z1I

Fran wrote:

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andy wrote:

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Thanx for the reviews guys. Let's hope he now releases something soon

Too bad coz the october window would have been perfect. Not too many big releases.

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Sadly, he was asked about this on Radio 6 last night and said they aren't recording anything, something along the lines of being old school and you've got to come and see us. 

He seems to be up to lots of bits and pieces, so maybe those snippets we catch of him being spotted in a studio are to do with those. For example, the last few days I have seen this being promoted round Twitter:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5&v=p4P9Cal1z1I

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Oh... That's disappointing. Cant believe he wont eventually release a record though, he's clearly testing songs this year and something will come up next year. Maybe he has not got enough material ?

 

Come and see us is a bit much since he hardly did a full world tour 

The Daniel knox song is great, album is out in December. Do hope there's more songs with him as he's fairly heavily 'featured' in the press.

Listening back to what he said on Round Table yesterday, kind of reminded me of his approach for Further Complications when they did a fair few preview shows in 2008 before the album came out the following year (and imo, they didn't replicate the quality of the songs in studio). At the time he spoke about trying stuff out first and liking the fact that you got an immediate response from people to music they hadn't heard before. He said the same thing as yesterday about how that's the way music always used to be. So, it could be that he's still enjoying the live experimental phase and not beholden to the whole album-tour cycle thing. He has a great relationship with Rough Trade, I guess they are ready when he is.

Who knows, maybe that's what part-scuppered the Pulp reunion doing new stuff? None of them seem too enamoured with the studio. Hardly surprising given how long they spent on the last two Pulp albums.
It would be a real shame if these songs don't get recorded properly though. Maybe, as has been said, he doesn't have enough songs for a full record yet anyway, meaning a new album might be...what, possibly a year away at the earliest?
I can see them doing the festivals next summer, he loves Glasto so any excuse...

As Pulp/Jarvis fans though, we do suffer! Hearing him say there's already so much music out there without adding to it etc. fair enough but enough people want to hear your music so it's not like a worthless cause. I wish he had more confidence/arrogance about his work!

Eamonn wrote:

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Listening back to what he said on Round Table yesterday, kind of reminded me of his approach for Further Complications when they did a fair few preview shows in 2008 before the album came out the following year (and imo, they didn't replicate the quality of the songs in studio). At the time he spoke about trying stuff out first and liking the fact that you got an immediate response from people to music they hadn't heard before. He said the same thing as yesterday about how that's the way music always used to be. So, it could be that he's still enjoying the live experimental phase and not beholden to the whole album-tour cycle thing. He has a great relationship with Rough Trade, I guess they are ready when he is.

Who knows, maybe that's what part-scuppered the Pulp reunion doing new stuff? None of them seem too enamoured with the studio. Hardly surprising given how long they spent on the last two Pulp albums.
It would be a real shame if these songs don't get recorded properly though. Maybe, as has been said, he doesn't have enough songs for a full record yet anyway, meaning a new album might be...what, possibly a year away at the earliest?
I can see them doing the festivals next summer, he loves Glasto so any excuse...

As Pulp/Jarvis fans though, we do suffer! Hearing him say there's already so much music out there without adding to it etc. fair enough but enough people want to hear your music so it's not like a worthless cause. I wish he had more confidence/arrogance about his work!

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There's probably an album being recorder or already recorded. I dont buy for a second that he would put all this work (recruiting a band, rehearsing... etc) not to follow this with a full tour and album. We know Jarvis doesn't like to do thing the "normal" way, but here it's not just a nostalgia reunion (and money) we had with Pulp. Oh and that Daniel Knox song is great ! Kinda remind me of Room 29. Let's not forget we had that amazing record last year. Jarvis has not exactly been away for 10 years, he's done Room 29, which is a masterpiece.

I thought it had already been revealed from another musician involved in the recordings that he had been recording in Abbey Road?! Hes obviously chatting shit on Lamacq!

Hmm...checked the Instagram post you linked to again and it specifically mentioned Jarv Is:

sunnysteelbandWe almost forgot (how is that possible) that we performed (real ) Steel Drums on @jarvisbransoncockers new work Jarv Is which is big news for us and the multi-talented songwriter We recorded it in the world famous @abbeyroadstudios and had a great time contributing to the release

Maybe he wasn't totally satisfied with the recordings and is reassessing them or they had to be stopped suddenly...

Seems odd that he'd be so definitive (in the negative) when asked by Lamacq about recording. Preserving mystery for as long as possible?

 

Yes, I saw that, very clever in today's instant-online age.

I've Listened to the Daniel Knox collaboration mentioned above a few times recently. I must say I like Jarvis' singing on this track and without meaning to be rude that is something I certainly haven't felt able to say for a long time. I know he is going for a lounge type feel on the vocal, but it somehow reminds me of some of his 80's Pulp singing. This track and the 'Likely Stories' EP are the releases I've liked the most since the first solo album, so that gives me hope and something to look forward to with whatever he does with these new songs he's been doing live.

Also whatever came of that book that was talked about the same time the Brett Anderson one was announced? Could that be holding a new album up?