This is my new weekly thing. I will still do the film of the week too. I am doing album of the week instead of band of the week because I think it is a better idea. Now let's start this party with the first album!

The first album of the week is...

JARVIS COCKER- JARVIS

Jarvis Cocker was the lead singer of the great British band Pulp who were well known for the song "Common People." His songwriting $tyle can be compared to Ray Davies of The Kinks in the way that his lyrics are very British. They make references to many aspects of British culture which would explain why he never did very well in America. This is his first solo album released in 2006. Many people in America might know Jarvis Cocker for interrupting a Michael Jackson performance when Michael was pretending to be Jesus. However Jarvis is much more than that. He is one of the best songwriters in the U.K, and on this album it shows. Here is the song "I will kill again."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJZszAbCODU

Jarvis is a very cynical songwriter. This album is all about loss, and the inevitable destruction of society, and humanity. Some songs sound vaguely cheerful but there is always a hint of tragedy in the lyrics. "Baby's coming back to me." is a song that many will think is a happy one about a lost love coming back, but if you really listen to the lyrics it is obvious that the song is more of a desperate cry for a love lost long ago. Jarvis Cocker has never been very conventional in his approach to songwriting, but that just makes his songs more fascinating. There is always a surface idea and theme to the songs on this album, but if you look below the surface you will usually find something a lot more bleak and depressing. This is not an album to listen to if you want to cheer up. It is a sad, and sardonic, but strangely beautiful and witty at the same time. To me it seems many of the most beautiful songs are also the most tragic.