There is a great degree of focus of Cosmo Jarvis' sophomore album Is The World Strange Or Am I Strange?. Yet Cosmo remains anything but predictable. The first single 'Gay Pirates' is a poignant yet rousing story of two men whose forbidden love sees them forced to walk the plank. It is the first taster of a complex, eclectic but direct album. On few records would you find the mix of bluegrass, rap-led funk and tender hip-hop featured on Is The World Strange Or Am I Strange? Cosmo Jarvis is, as Brian Eno suggests, a new kind of artist.