Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix The Jarvis Cocker Record and his later reliance on

and his later reliance on engineers like [a=Rob Playford] and [a=Optical] to capture his sound puts into question his true musical importance

His hustler's history ranks prominent in the lyrics here and though you've heard the subject matter all before

’ with much of the songwriting done on-the-spot in the recording booth

Released: 2015

Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix The Jarvis Cocker Record and his later reliance onFrench electronic pop band from Versailles (Yvelines, West suburb of Paris) formed in 1997. Thomas Croquet (aka [a=Thomas Mars], vocals), Frederic Moulin (aka [a=Deck D'Arcy], bass), and Christian Mazzalai (guitars) were the original trio who would become known as Phoenix. Mazzalai's older brother Laurent Mazzalai (aka [a550175] aka Branco) joined the trio when his band broke up in 1995 (see [a=Darlin']), and two years later they called themselves