build a rocket boys!
Once perennial underdogs and now Mercury Prize winners, Elbow release their first album as a commercial and not just critical force.
For every Coldplay or Snow Patrol that’s able to tug America’s heartstrings from across the Atlantic, there are a dozen British bands that do monster business at home, but can’t get arrested here. Sure, Keane or Doves or South play decent-sized American clubs, but—like Manchester band Elbow—they’ve known the glory of…
Like other American listeners, I came late to Elbow, paying little attention to the veteran Manchester band until picking…
How does one follow up a Mercury Prize-winning album? By dropping the capitals from your album title, the up-tempo rockers from your tracklist, and the angst from your life.
Safe in the knowledge that an audience awaits, Elbow’s fifth album finds the band doing exactly as they please.
<p>They may be unlikely rock stars, but Elbow's latest album shows their success is anything but implausible, says <strong>Alexis Petridis</strong></p>
Mancunian masters follow up their Mercury winner with another high-flyer. CD review by Bruce Dessau