Jarvis Cocker and Chilly Gonzalez Announce Collaborative Album Room 29 for March 2017 Release

For those who want to live like i.e. “common people”, then Jarvis Cocker of Pulp (get it now?), and Chilly Gonzalez are here to answer those prayers. The two have just announced a “collaborative album”, and its out in the very, nearly month of March.

The first two tracks to come from the imminent record Room 29 consist of “The Tearjerker” and “The Tearjerker Returns”. And, while the two songs’ instrumentation are devastatingly beautiful, the lyrics that accompany are devastatingly relatable…in a oh so true type of hilarity.

According to Consequence of Sound, “Due out March 17th, the full-length is inspired by ‘the goings-on in Room 29 of the Château Marmont hotel,’ a Hollywood spot long thought to be haunted. Cocker, whose last release was 2016’s Likely Stories EP, handled the lyrics, while Gonzales wrote the music. Recording took place at Ferber Studios in Paris by Gonzales’ collaborator Renaud Letang, and also featured additional contributions from flautist Nathalie Hauptman, German string ensemble Kaiser Quartett, and French horn player Hasko Kroeger.”

And while the Cocker’s and Gonzalez’s music and lyricism are a far leap from everyone’s favorite group Pulp, Cocker himself adds a little bit of commentary for the individuals out there who might need a little bit of esplainin’,

“Do you believe in ghosts? What if a room could tell you the life-stories of the people that have inhabited it? Better still – what if it could sing you those stories? In Room 29, Jarvis Cocker and Chilly Gonzales give a voice to those ghosts, using music, theatrics, clips from classic Hollywood movies and more to reveal the secrets of Room 29 of the Chateau Marmont hotel in Hollywood.

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 Thomson’s 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. How’s that for Room Service?”