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maltatoday | SUNDAY • 23 AUGUST 2020 5 THIS WEEK MUSIC worldwide In our first year in Berlin, we tried to get tickets for [Pulp documentary] 'Life, Death and Supermarkets' but they sold out super fast. We had nothing to do and figured we'd go anyway and sneak in but it seemed many folks had our same idea, so we had a glass of wine instead when lo and behold, Alex goes, "psst… isn't that Jarvis?" and after a few long minutes of nudging each other we went to introduce ourselves. He is such a fun person to be around and a great inspiration to us, and Pulp are one of those few bands that we nev- er got to see play live (damn MCAST finals!)... so the song turned out to be a plea for Jarvis to release more music. Since then he formed JARV IS and only just recently began releasing new tunes! Releasing a single (with B-sides) on cassette has a particular charm to it – what are some of the advantages of that approach, do you think? We think people always like to have a physical thing when buying some- thing… all this music on the internet is just so ephemeral, it loses its value… so much that people feel they don't need to pay for it. Also, a cassette just plays nicely into the element of nostal- gia that we always seem to love. It was great fun playing with the artwork for it, and Daniel (who just started paint- ing) made an painting especially for the cover art which we feel works great with the Superlove aesthetic and having all the artistic elements made by us and then packaged in a DIY cardboard box by SSH just makes the whole thing so much more intimate and personal. You can't get that feeling by just listening to music on Spotify. What's next for you? We will just keep on writing and making music videos from home at this point… there's not much else to do with this whole pandemic. We can't wait to get back to the stage, especially since we had a ton of shows cancelled, but we need to keep safe and hopefully this will be over soon. To hear the track and order the cas- sette - which includes the B-side song 'Me and My 909' - log on to: https:// safesuburbanhomerecords.bandcamp. com/album/jarvis-put-the-record-on "People always like to have a physical thing when buying something… all this music on the internet is just so ephemeral, it loses its value" Superlove believe that releasing a single on cassette restores a tactile feel to the increasingly ephemeral nature of music in the streaming era