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===Solo career=== ====''Jarvis'': 2006β2008==== [[File:Jarvis Cocker at Latitude Festival (cropped).jpg|thumb|Jarvis Cocker performing at the [[Latitude Festival]] in 2007]] Cocker's debut solo album, ''[[Jarvis (album)|Jarvis]]'', was released in the UK on 13 November 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jarviscocker.net/music/jarvis |title=Jarvis |publisher=Jarvis Cocker |access-date=12 August 2014 |archive-date=22 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090522122329/http://jarviscocker.net/music/jarvis |url-status=dead }}</ref> At the 2006 [[Reading festival]], the video for "[[Running the World]]" was played on the main video screens of the main stage throughout the day, including just before the headline act, [[Muse (band)|Muse]], performed. This video contained a [[karaoke]]-like presentation of the song's lyrics to encourage the crowd to sing along.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VHqmBkUPe2kC&pg=PA155|title=Brit Wits: A History of British Rock Humor|last=Ellis|first=Iain|publisher=Intellect Books|year=2012|isbn=978-1841505657|pages=155|via=Google Books}}</ref> In March 2008, Cocker made a short tour of Latin America ([[Mexico]], Argentina and [[Chile]]), where he presented a new song called "Girls Like It Too".{{citation needed|date=April 2014}} ====''Further Complications'': 2008β2009==== Cocker said that he had written "Girls Like It Too" and "The Usual", and hoped to have enough material to record the follow-up to his solo debut album.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/news/50329-jarvis-begins-to-commence-to-start-lp-adds-shows|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080510142801/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/news/50329-jarvis-begins-to-commence-to-start-lp-adds-shows|url-status=dead|title=Pitchforkmedia.com|archive-date=10 May 2008}}</ref> He said of the forthcoming studio album: "I've got vague ideas. I'd like to do another album before the end of the year."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/jarvis-cocker-61-1333842|title=Jarvis Cocker planning new album for 2008 β exclusive β NME|date=22 April 2008|newspaper=NME|access-date=3 February 2017}}</ref> Cocker debuted a new song, "Angela", on [[BBC2]]'s "The Summer Exhibition: A [[Culture Show]] Special", on 13 June 2008. On 6 March 2009, ''[[Pitchfork Media|Pitchfork]]'' revealed the cover art and album title for ''[[Further Complications]]'', which was recorded by [[Steve Albini]] and released on 18 May 2009.<ref name="pfm">{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/34783-jarvis-cocker-returns-with-steve-albini-produced-lp |title=News |work=Pitchfork |date=6 March 2009 |access-date=10 March 2009}}</ref> [[Drowned in Sound]] stated that the album was "a huge leap forward" for Cocker.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ferguson |first=Robert |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/14449/reviews/4137060 |title=Jarvis Cocker: Further Complications |work=Drowned in Sound |date=9 June 2009 |access-date=13 April 2011 |archive-date=3 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003070230/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/14449/reviews/4137060 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In October 2011, [[Faber and Faber]] published a collection of his lyrics entitled ''Mother, Brother, Lover: Selected Lyrics''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.davehaslam.com/control.php?_command=/DISPLAY/170/30//6000/0 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120729231209/http://www.davehaslam.com/control.php?_command=/DISPLAY/170/30//6000/0 |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 July 2012 |title=Interviews |first=Dave |last=Haslam |date=16 October 2011 |publisher=davehaslam.com |access-date=13 February 2012 }}</ref> ====''Room 29'': 2017==== In March 2017, he released ''Room 29'', a collaboration with musician [[Chilly Gonzales]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/22968-room-29/|title=Jarvis Cocker / Chilly Gonzales: Room 29 Album Review {{!}} Pitchfork|website=Pitchfork|access-date=29 March 2017}}</ref> It was Cocker's first album in 8 years. ''Room 29'' is a concept album about the Hollywood hotel the [[Chateau Marmont]]. Cocker stayed in room 29 at the hotel during a Pulp tour in 2012. The room contained a baby grand piano and inspired Cocker to wonder if the piano, possibly having been there for decades, could tell the stories of previous tenants. Each song on the album is a different story of a potential guest.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|date=12 March 2017|title=Jarvis Cocker: 'People fall in love with an illusion, something that's never existed'|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/mar/12/room-29-jarvis-cocker-people-fall-in-love-illusion-chateau-marmont-chilly-gonzales|access-date=12 March 2021|website=The Guardian}}</ref> The songs aren't all about the glamour of Hollywood, but the potential illusions and disappointments of the industry as well.<ref>{{cite web|last=Empire|first=Kitty|date=19 March 2017|title=Jarvis Cocker and Chilly Gonzales: Room 29 review β pretzels and despair|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/mar/19/jarvis-cocker-chilly-gonzales-room-29-review-chateau-marmont-hollywood|access-date=12 March 2021|website=The Guardian}}</ref> It was performed as part of the [[Edinburgh International Festival]] in August 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eif.co.uk/whats-on/2017/room29|title=Room 29|date=29 August 2019|website=Edinburgh International Festival|access-date=30 August 2019}}</ref> ====''JARV IS...'': 2017βpresent==== In late 2017, Cocker formed a new band under the name "Jarv Is". Along with Cocker himself, the band comprises [[Serafina Steer]] (harp/keys), Emma Smith (violin), [[James Taylor Quartet|Andrew McKinney]] (bass), [[Jason Buckle]] and [[Three Trapped Tigers|Adam Betts]] (drums).<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/mar/29/jarvis-cocker-review-ramsgate-music-hall |title = Jarvis Cocker review β lusty and electrifying works in progress|newspaper = The Guardian|date = 29 March 2018|last1 = Barton|first1 = Laura}}</ref> Primarily a live outfit, the band debuted a range of new material in intimate concerts at festivals in 2017, 2018 and 2019. On 15 May 2019, the band released their debut single "Must I Evolve?".<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/U720Rz_jz_A Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20190515200806/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U720Rz_jz_A&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U720Rz_jz_A|title=JARV IS... MUST I EVOLVE? |website=YouTube|date=15 May 2019 |access-date=8 June 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The band played at [[Leith Theatre]] on 22 August 2019 as part of the [[Edinburgh International Festival|Edinburgh International Festival's]] contemporary music programme.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eif.co.uk/whats-on/2019/jarvis|title=Jarvis Cocker presents JARV IS...|date=29 August 2019|website=Edinburgh International Festival|access-date=30 August 2019}}</ref> On 2 March 2020, Jarvis announced the band's debut album ''[[Beyond the Pale (Jarv Is album)|Beyond the Pale]]'' on Steve Lamacq's BBC Radio 6 show and released the single "House Music All Night Long".<ref name=":0" /> The album was scheduled to be released on 1 May 2020 on Rough Trade Records<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/jarvis-cocker-announces-new-album-shares-new-song-listen/|title=Jarvis Cocker Announces New Album, Shares New Song|website=Pitchfork|date=2 March 2020|access-date=2 March 2020}}</ref> but this was later changed to 4 September 2020<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/news/jarvis-cocker-pushes-back-jarv-is-album|title=Jarvis Cocker Pushes Back JARV IS... Album|publisher=Clash Music|date=24 March 2020|access-date=28 March 2020}}</ref> and eventually the release date was brought forward to 17 July. On 21 March 2022, Jarv Is released their original soundtrack to the BBC medical comedy-drama series ''[[This Is Going to Hurt (TV series)|This Is Going to Hurt]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/jarv-is-release-soundtrack-for-new-bbc-tv-series-this-is-going-to-hurt-listen/|title=Jarv Is... Release Soundtrack for New BBC TV Series ''This Is Going to Hurt'': Listen|last=Minsker|first=Evan|date=21 March 2022|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|access-date=24 January 2023}}</ref>
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