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Birmingham Evening Mail, UK
September 9, 2011 Friday
First Edition
Cosmo lives in strange world
by Andy Coleman
HE CELEBRATED his 22nd birthday last week but despite being so young,
Cosmo Jarvis has already written 300 songs and made over 65 short
films.
He'll be showcasing his new album, Is The World Strange Or Am I
Strange?, at a gig at Birmingham's Rainbow in Digbeth next Thursday.
Son of an Armenian/American mother and a British father, Cosmo was
born in Ridgewood, New Jersey, but moved to Devon as a young child and
quickly developed a passion for both music and film.
He started writing songs aged 12, having been inspired to compose
something as good as The Beatles' Blackbird. He began making short
movies soon after.
>From simply filming whatever he saw outside his window, he progressed
to filming Jackass-style dare pieces that saw him and his skater
friends convert bunk beds into quarter pipes.
Having dropped out of school at 16 he released his debut album three
years later.
"I quit school because I hated it so much,'' he reveals. ''I was the
fool - I would do anything for a laugh and that's what got me
suspended so many times. Basically, I love learning things on my own."
Follow-up Is The World Strange Or Am I Strange? is an eclectic
experience, featuring bluegrass, Streetsstyle hip-hop, pop, rap and
funk.
While making the record Cosmo also wrote, produced and shot his first
full-length feature film. He plans to edit it in his tour bus as he
travels the country for shows. Provisionally entitled Naughty Room,
Cosmo says it "is mainly about parenting, as well as taking
responsibility to better yourself". He adds: ''The hardest part of
making this film was not being older. People just don't want to deal
with you in a professional manner if you're young.'' TicketInfo COSMO
JARVIS Sept 15: The Rainbow, High St, Digbeth, 0844 870 0000.
http://www.birminghammail.net/what-is-on-in-birmingham/rock-and-pop/2011/09/09/music-cosmo-lives-in-strange-world-97319-29392773/
September 9, 2011 Friday
First Edition
Cosmo lives in strange world
by Andy Coleman
HE CELEBRATED his 22nd birthday last week but despite being so young,
Cosmo Jarvis has already written 300 songs and made over 65 short
films.
He'll be showcasing his new album, Is The World Strange Or Am I
Strange?, at a gig at Birmingham's Rainbow in Digbeth next Thursday.
Son of an Armenian/American mother and a British father, Cosmo was
born in Ridgewood, New Jersey, but moved to Devon as a young child and
quickly developed a passion for both music and film.
He started writing songs aged 12, having been inspired to compose
something as good as The Beatles' Blackbird. He began making short
movies soon after.
>From simply filming whatever he saw outside his window, he progressed
to filming Jackass-style dare pieces that saw him and his skater
friends convert bunk beds into quarter pipes.
Having dropped out of school at 16 he released his debut album three
years later.
"I quit school because I hated it so much,'' he reveals. ''I was the
fool - I would do anything for a laugh and that's what got me
suspended so many times. Basically, I love learning things on my own."
Follow-up Is The World Strange Or Am I Strange? is an eclectic
experience, featuring bluegrass, Streetsstyle hip-hop, pop, rap and
funk.
While making the record Cosmo also wrote, produced and shot his first
full-length feature film. He plans to edit it in his tour bus as he
travels the country for shows. Provisionally entitled Naughty Room,
Cosmo says it "is mainly about parenting, as well as taking
responsibility to better yourself". He adds: ''The hardest part of
making this film was not being older. People just don't want to deal
with you in a professional manner if you're young.'' TicketInfo COSMO
JARVIS Sept 15: The Rainbow, High St, Digbeth, 0844 870 0000.
http://www.birminghammail.net/what-is-on-in-birmingham/rock-and-pop/2011/09/09/music-cosmo-lives-in-strange-world-97319-29392773/