The Seldom Seen Kid - Elbow

Elbow are one of those bands that seem to have been around for years, plodding along churning out an album every couple of years, achieving critical acclaim from seemingly everyone yet their sales seem modest and the term 'cult' has never been more apparent. I have personally been a fan of the band since their first album 'Asleep in the back' but must admit that despite owning all their material I have found that I tend to really have strong affections with certain tracks and not always whole albums. Known for their evocative lyrics and working class like style Elbow have been around since the late 90s and this, 'The Seldom Seen Kid' is their forth long ...  Read the complete review

Elbow have been around a lot longer than you may think! In fact, you might never have heard of this band before, in which case I'd urge you to read this review, and then go buy the CD! Elbow are a 5 member band from Bury, they first got started in 1990, nearly 20 years ago! They are Guy Garvey on lead vocal and guitar, Pete Turner on bass, Mark Potter on guitar, Craig Potter on keyboard, and Richard Jupp on drums. Their music is described as alternative rock, indie, britpop, and probably more. None of which actually describes how they sound! They have released 4 albums, the latest and most well-known being The Seldom Seen Kid. They won the Mercury ...  Read the complete review

Elbow are a five-piece Manchester based group that have subtly beena round for well over a decade in a very cult fashion, submitting their work in the form of a number of albums every couple of years or so. Their 2008 album, The Seldom Seen Kid is, I confess, the first album of theirs I have listened to, but having heard it, it won't be the last. I have been aware of the existence of Elbow, and I do recognise some of their music, but wouldn't have put their name to the track, if you see what I mean, until now. The Seldom Seen Kid is an album that my wife borrowed off one of her colleagues. I initially turned my nose up at it before she asked me to play it ...  Read the complete review

The Seldom Seen Kid is one of the greatest albums of recent times. The album really takes you on a journey and it is wonderfully melodic and enchanting. Elbow are a band that have been around for what feels like forever but this is the album that catapulted them to stardom in 2008. Elbow are described as and Alternative Rock band (Play.com describes them as Epic post-rock tinged emotional indie stalwarts... not sure what that means but I like the sound of it! Haha) and they were formed in 1997, this is when they became Elbow anyway, some members of the band have played together is some form since 1990 though. It has been a long slog but they always ...  Read the complete review

I can not believe that there are only two reviews of this album so far on dooooyoo! It is without doubt one of the top five albums of 2008 and is the album that Elbow have been threatening to produce ever since they burst onto the scene. The Seldom Seen Kid is Elbow's fifth album and it finally distances them from the other bands that they have previosuly been lumped in with -Coldplay, Keane, Glasvegas- as this album slows things down and take Elbow on a different road than they have previosuly been down. An absorbing, richly textured record that ricocheted between light and shade, the bone-rattling riffs of Grounds For Divorce sitting alongside Weather To ...  Read the complete review