There's no decision to make at 5:30 on Sunday: I'm seeing Elbow. Hugely popular in England thanks to their 2008 Mercury Prize winning album "The Seldom Seen Kid", it's a treat to have them playing in the U.S. They site their influences as old Genesis, Talk Talk, and Radiohead. I definitely hear the vintage Peter Gabriel influence, especially in their latest album. It has some 6-8 minute songs that are pretty mellow so not sure how they'll be live. I have heard they're a great live band, though. We'll see.
The attached song is an older one.
The video below is their hit. It's a great song: lyrics and music. It's from Glastonbury in 2008. I read a quote from NME.com that there were "grown men weeping buckets during this." A wonderful communal bonding experience. One day like this a year'd see me right.
Grounds for Divorce
3 comments:
I've heard of Elbow, but not heard them. You made me a fan of them.
We watched part of Glastonbury 2008 a couple years ago, right? I remember their performance. Not sure as many will be singing along at ACL.Will be a good show though.
Now that I've listened to two of their albums countless times in the past four hours I think you can say I'm now obsessed.
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