Performer Notes

Personnel: Jarvis Cocker (vocals, guitar, electric mandolin, synthesizer); Simon Stafford (guitar, keyboards, background vocals); Tim Call, Martin Craft (guitar); Steve Mackey (bass guitar); Ross Orton (drums).
Audio Mixer: Steve Albini .
Audio Remasterers: Jason Ward; Steve Albini ; Bob Weston .
With 2009's FURTHER COMPLICATIONS, former Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker follows up his well-received solo debut with a considerably randier and more rocked-out set. Aiding the Britpop icon on this edgier outing is none other than noise-loving American producer Steve Albini, best known for his work with the Pixies and Nirvana, who succeeds in creating a more rough-and-tumble aesthetic for Cocker, as most readily heard on the spiky title track and the stomping "Caucasian Blues." Always one for a glam-tinged tune, Cocker lets loose on the bawdy "Angela" and the raucous "Homewrecker," which fittingly features the signature sax stylings of Stooges associate Steve Mackay. Like Nick Cave's Grinderman project, COMPLICATIONS is the sound of Cocker letting his hair down (and, apparently, his beard out), and, though it may perplex some some Pulp diehards, it's undeniably vital and entertaining.

Professional Reviews

Rolling Stone (p.70) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Cocker's excellent second solo disc sets hilariously over-the-top come-ons to bruising garage rock and woozy soul..."

Spin (p.97) - "[T]his collection of surging and reeling tunes is the former Pulp frontman's strongest since DIFFERENT CLASS."

Spin - Ranked #27 in Spin's "40 Best Albums Of 2009" -- "Thankfully, acting middle-aged doesn't mean he's grown up."

Entertainment Weekly (p.57) - "[T]he raucousness of 'Homewrecker!' or the title track will come as a definite surprise to longtime Cocker watchers..." -- Grade: B+

CMJ - "The outcome is an entertaining bluesy, dirty kind of rock and roll that seems all too often forgotten amidst a new generation of shiny subgenres."

Billboard (p.29) - "Cocker plays with different styles on each track, from the back-alley blues rock of 'Homewrecker' to the garage pop of the first single 'Angela'....There's still reason to hang on his every word..."

Q (Magazine) (p.118) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]here's an imaginative sympathy that keeps you listening and engaged....His idiosyncratic approach marks him out from the usual run of career singers, and it shows no sign of weakening."

Pitchfork (Website) - "It's a jutting, joking, hard-riffing jolt filled with raw self-deprecation."

Record Collector (magazine) (p.91) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Jarvis himself comes up with some of is wittiest lyrics since Pulp's heyday....All the more engaging for its honesty..."

Uncut (magazine) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t's a wonderful surprise that FURTHER COMPLICATIONS turns out to be such a reinvigorated piece of work. Much of this freshness must be down to the working methods of Steve Albini..."

Album: Further Complications
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Further Complications	More Info...	0:03
2)	Angela	More Info...	0:03
3)	Pilchard	More Info...	0:04
4)	Leftovers	More Info...	0:06
5)	I Never Said I Was Deep	More Info...	0:04
6)	Homewrecker!	More Info...	0:03
7)	Hold Still	More Info...	0:03
8)	F**kingsong	More Info...	0:03
9)	Caucasian Blues	More Info...	0:03
10)	Slush	More Info...	0:06
11)	You're in My Eyes (Discosong)	More Info...	0:08

Album: Further Complications
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Further Complications	More Info...	0:03
2)	Angela	More Info...	0:03
3)	Pilchard	More Info...	0:04
4)	Leftovers	More Info...	0:06
5)	I Never Said I Was Deep	More Info...	0:04
6)	Homewrecker!	More Info...	0:03
7)	Hold Still	More Info...	0:03
8)	F**kingsong	More Info...	0:03
9)	Caucasian Blues	More Info...	0:03
10)	Slush	More Info...	0:06
11)	You're in My Eyes (Discosong)	More Info...	0:08