CHANSONS d’ENNUI TIP-TOP

The long-overdue collaboration between two idiosyncratic auteurs is a much welcome one

Following a pair of collaborative albums -- one a tribute to Hollywood's Chateau Marmont with Chilly Gonzales, the other with his improvisational art rock group, Jarv Is -- Jarvis Cocker takes another unpredictable stylistic turn with his first solo album in 12 years, Chansons d'Ennui Tip-Top.

When I first heard that Jarvis Cocker was releasing an album of chanson covers my ear picked up. Having been a fan of the chanson tradition for

Jarvis Cocker's unofficial Wes Anderson soundtrack is a perfect (French) companion piece of nostalgia and melancholy

Album Reviews: Jarvis Cocker - Chansons d'Ennui Tip-Top

An amusing French fancy with a soupçon of inevitability. New music review by Kathryn Reilly