- Label
- Polydor
- Release date
- 17th March 2008
- Genre
- Rock
- Buy this album
- Order CD
Marvellous and innovative album from one of Manchester's finest bands
Critically adored, and with a fervent fanbase who were thanked, via a recording of a festival singalong, by inclusion on the album Cast Of Thousands, Elbow rarely disappoint. Expectation for new work was raised by early release of the video for new single Grounds For Divorce online, which didn't disappoint - the high standards are reflected throughout this new album.
While Elbow share the distinctive post-dance music sound of Doves in terms of high studio production values - epic swathes of feedback, processed, electronic-sounding drums and production, and jangling, epic solos and refrains looped and fed back to eternity (such as on The Bones Of You) their individuality lies in squeezing the emotion from their (already wry and poetic) lyrics via large, gospel-tinged harmonies, and Guy Garvey's great voice, which lulls you into a false sense of security with its Lancastrian burr and then swoops up to heartstring-plucking tenor notes. The bluesy swamp pub-rock of Grounds For Divorce, the crepuscular storytelling of An Audience With The Pope and the anthemic One Day Like This are all album highlights.
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