Jarvis has produced an album of recordings for the National Trust. The recordings were made at National Trust properties around the country and are intended to provide a background to aid relaxation.

Jarvis' comments (from press release):

The album can be downloaded for free from the National Trust website: link.

Jarvis has won the "rising star" award at the Sony Radio Academy Awards for his Sunday afternoon show on 6 Music. The award was decided by listener votes. Jarvis used his acceptance speech to speak out against the threatened closure of 6 Music.

Listen to audio of Jarvis' acceptance speech here.

Tim McCall, guitarist in Jarvis' band, has died unexpectedly at the age of 37. He sustained fatal injuries caused by an accident at his home in Crosspool, Sheffield. He leaves behind a wife and baby daughter.

Tim joined Jarvis' band in autumn 2006, replacing his friend Richard Hawley, who was no longer available due to solo commitments. He played on all tracks recorded for Jarvis' latest album Further Complications and receives a songwriting credit on Leftovers and Pilchard. His previous bands included Pollinates, with Pulp drummer Nick Banks, and early 90s Sheffield band Various Vegetables, who along with Pulp, were on the Gift label.

More details here.

Jarvis and his band plan to follow their residency earlier this year at Galerie Chappe in Paris with a similar event at London's Village Underground. The residency will take place between Monday 9th and Wednesday 11th November at the gallery, which is located at 54 Holywell Lane in Shoreditch. They will be present each day between around 12 noon and 6pm.

Like in Paris, activities will include members of the public participating in live musical improvisations, live musical accompaniment to exercise classes (for example, yoga and aerobics), and performances and improvisation with guest artists.

On the final evening there will be a concert starting at 20:00. For this tickets will be required, which can be obtained at Clubtickets.com for £30.00 plus a booking fee. Other events will presumably be free.

A live video stream is planned at www.jarviscocker.net.

EDIT: The schedule is here.

The deluxe editions of His 'n' Hers, Different Class and This Is Hardcore are to be released in the US on 17th November 2009. They were released in Europe in September 2006.

Rough Trade have announced a double-A sided 7" single featuring Further Complications from the album of the same name and the previously unreleased Girls Like It Too. It will be released on 9th November and will be limited to 1000 copies (apparently only 300 to be sold in the UK).