{"product_id":"0654436021223-is-the-world-strange","title":"Is The World Strange","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEDITORIAL REVIEWS \u003cbr\u003e Cosmo Jarvis is an artist for whom one word will never really be enough. He s a singer, a songwriter, an actor, a director, a composer, a producer and a multi-instrumentalist. He writes about topics ranging from alienation from religion to the equal treatment of gay pirates (and he s complete nearly three hundred songs already.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter dropping out of school at sixteen, Cosmo released his self-titled debut album at age nineteen. Containing twenty one track spread across two discs, Cosmo s first album was to say the least an ambitious effort. If Cosmo Jarvis fizzled with ideas and an array of sounds, there is a greater degree of focus on its follow-up. Is The World Strange Or Am I Strange? . Yet Cosmo remains anything but predictable. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst single Gay Pirates is a poignant yet rousing story of two men whose forbidden love sees them forced to walk the plank. The song has already become a cult hit: with over 550,000 Youtube views and over 10,000 downloads, it has been lauded by the likes of Stephen Fry, 6 Music, XFM and the NME. Gay Pirates is the first taster of a complex, eclectic yet direct second album. On few records for instance, would you find the mix bluegrass rap-led funk and tender hip-hop featured on Is The World Strange Or Am I Strange? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCosmo Jarvis is, as Brian Eno suggests, a new kind of artist. His interests and ambitions appear never-ending, and his contradictions observant yet naïve, outspoken yet introspective are a large part of his appeal. Cosmo is, quite simply, just Cosmo.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55721773367670,"sku":"0654436021223","price":4.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_677901_12875218_20250602010522.jpg?v=1748874427","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/0654436021223-is-the-world-strange","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}