Jarvis Cocker’s new project, JARV IS… have announced a cinematic tour for their new film ‘Beyond The Pale…Live From The Centre of The Earth.’ The news comes following the recent cancellation for the groups debut album, ‘Beyond The Pale,’ due to the coronavirus pandemic. It will be screened in selected cinemas across the UK over the next few months.
Jarvis Cocker said press release about the tour, “Beyond the Pale was written (& partially recorded) in front of a live audience, so it feels extra-strange not to be able to take it on the road at the moment. “Fortunately, our friends Iain & Jane suggested a way round the problem: set up our equipment in a cave & they would film the results. We have invented a new way of playing a concert.” – NME
The live performance was filmed and directed by Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard. It was filmed at Peak Cavern in Derbyshire where the group recorded the tracks, ‘Must I Evolve?’ and ‘Sometimes I am Pharaoh’ were recorded during a performance in 2018,’ from the debut album.
“Jarvis Is…” recently held a high profile performance at the prestigious London venue, ‘Barbican,’ on 16th October 2020 to promote the new exhibition, ‘Cosmic Dancer,’ choreographed by Michael White. They delivered a “musical response” to the current album and live streamed performance for the new exhitibition.
When talking to The Independent about the release of the groups debut album on 17th July 2020, Cocker said, “Normally a record wouldn’t be released in the summer because everyone is on holiday, but this is a different kind of summer.”
He also mentioned the importance of the ellipsis after the “IS” in the bands name stating, “It’s important that you have those three dots at the end because, while it wasn’t really intentional when I came up with the name, it implies something that isn’t quite finished.” – The Independent
Dates for the live screening of the tour are as follows:
19/11/20– John Peel Centre, Stowmarket
20/11– Ramsgate Music Hall, Ramsgate
21/11 – BAR Nothing, Margate
22/11 The Hope & Ruin, Brighton
23/11 – Rio Cinema, Dalston, London
24/11 – Georgian Theatre, Stockton-On-Tees
25/11 – DCA, Dunde
26/11 – SWG3, Glasgow
27/11– YES (The Pink Room), Manchester~
28/11 – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
29/11 – The Leadmill, Sheffield
30/11 – Everyman Screen 2, York
1/12 – Everyman Mailbox, Birmingham
2/12 – Everyman Screen 2, Liverpool
3/12 – Everyman Screen 2, Bristol
4/12– Everyman Screen 2, Cardiff
You can buy tickets for the tour here
The new dates for their rescheduled tour are as follows:
31/05/21 – Marble Factory, Bristol
1/6 – 02 Institute, Birmingham
3/6 – Barrowlands, Glasgow
5/6– The Roundhouse, London
7/6– Invisible Wind Factory, Liverpool
