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BuzzJack Music Forum _ Indie, Rock and Alternative _ Elbow - Giants of All Sizes

Posted by: WhoOdyssey Aug 1 2019, 01:54 PM

Following their #1 album Little Fictions in 2017, elbow are back with their upcoming 8th album! The lead single 'Dexter & Sinister' is out today:


Posted by: Bjork Aug 1 2019, 01:57 PM

glad they're back, one of the best UK bands
can't wait to go home and listen

Posted by: PeteFromLeeds Aug 1 2019, 06:00 PM

Not a fan of this one but presumably it's not the actual first single. Hoping there's some good stuff on this album.

Posted by: dandy* Aug 2 2019, 02:27 PM

I quite like it, it’s different sounding and I can imagine it working well within an album.

Posted by: RabbitFurCoat Aug 3 2019, 08:36 AM

I found with album 7 that 6 Elbow albums was probably enough, but there were still a couple of really good singles from it. This is ok on first listen, but their songs do tend to be growers.

Posted by: dandy* Aug 3 2019, 09:26 AM

Yes I think I know what you mean. I actually liked quite a lot of the last album but very little felt like I really needed it after earlier albums.

Mind you there's not really many of their albums that I choose to listen to all the way through, I think it's only the Seldom Seen Kid that I'd choose to play these days.

Posted by: WhoOdyssey Aug 7 2019, 08:56 PM

Album is titled 'Giants of All Sizes' and out 11th October!



Though they might change that cover as Hudson Mohawke used the same stock image for his 2014 EP 'Chimes'!

Posted by: WhoOdyssey Aug 23 2019, 10:28 AM

'Empires' was released on Wednesday, liking this a lot more than 'Dexter & Sinister'!


Posted by: WhoOdyssey Oct 5 2019, 06:42 PM

'White Noise White Heat' was released on Friday


Posted by: Burns Oct 5 2019, 11:53 PM

Saw them perform it on The Graham Norton Show the same day - enjoyed it.

Posted by: Steve201 Oct 6 2019, 02:12 AM

Yeh the song they performed was very good!

Posted by: WhoOdyssey Oct 13 2019, 03:25 PM

This is the first full album from them I've actually listened to (of course I've heard lots of older songs on their own) and I really enjoyed it! I definitely plan to listen to their other albums now.

Some fantastic songs here - my two absolute favourites being Empires and My Trouble - both of which are now on my playlist.

Posted by: Bjork Oct 13 2019, 03:41 PM

my fav old Elbow album is The seldom seen kid, highly recommended if you've never listened in full, it has their "big hit" (One Day like This) but also amazing rockier tracks like Ground for Divorce

Posted by: Steve201 Oct 13 2019, 09:46 PM

A brillant album and their peak so late in their career was great to see, it couldn't be ignored either!!

One Day Like This is Probably one of the great songs of the century so far culturally!

Posted by: WhoOdyssey Oct 13 2019, 09:52 PM

I was reminded of their cover of Golden Slumbers earlier, absolutely love their version of that. Great that it went top 40 too!

Posted by: Steve201 Oct 13 2019, 10:23 PM

Yeh a fantastic song/cover.

Reminds me has anyone heard anything About the John Lewis Ad yet? It'll be coming in 2-3 weeks!

Posted by: pippa Oct 14 2019, 06:32 PM

A cert for Number 1 this week based on the information released today.

Posted by: dandy* Oct 14 2019, 06:54 PM

This is better than I was expecting from them... I wasn't overly sold on the singles but I really enjoyed Seven Veils, The Delayed 3:15, My Trouble, On Deronda Road and Weightless.

Posted by: ___∆___ Oct 14 2019, 07:45 PM

Amazing - would love to know how many copies of the special edition album day CD they shifted, it was all over social media and loads of places were sold out of it.

Posted by: pippa Oct 14 2019, 08:26 PM

Likely to be around 5,000 i would predict.

Posted by: RabbitFurCoat Oct 15 2019, 06:11 PM

QUOTE(dandy* @ Oct 14 2019, 07:54 PM) *
This is better than I was expecting from them... I wasn't overly sold on the singles but I really enjoyed Seven Veils, The Delayed 3:15, My Trouble, On Deronda Road and Weightless.

This is encouraging, as the three they released before the album were no more than decent songs that were ok to listen to a few times.

Posted by: dandy* Oct 15 2019, 06:41 PM

Oooooh hope you're not disappointed now! It's not Seldom Seen Kid quality or anything, just quite a bit better than I was expecting...

Posted by: RabbitFurCoat Oct 17 2019, 10:55 AM

It's all quite nice until the last two which would be amongst the finest on any of their albums.

Posted by: WhoOdyssey Oct 18 2019, 09:57 PM

And it's now their 3rd consecutive #1 album!

Posted by: WhoOdyssey Mar 27 2020, 09:49 AM

'Live at The Ritz - An Acoustic Performance' has released digitally today - with a recording of their show last year at the Manchester Ritz.

Tracklist (* next to the short tracks of Guy speaking):

1. Puttin' on the Ritz*
2. Empires
3. Magnificent (She Says)
4. Salome Maloney*
5. Newborn
6. Great Expectations - Intro*
7. Great Expectations
8. A Choice of Three Drinks*
9. Seven Veils
10. Scattered Black and Whites
11. Weightless - Intro*
12. Weightless
13. Grounds for Divorce - Intro*
14. Grounds for Divorce
15. Oh Manchester Ritz*

Posted by: WhoOdyssey Jun 21 2020, 02:01 PM

A new album 'elbowrooms' released on Friday - it's made up of from-home performances that have been posted on their YouTube channel over the last few months.

Tracklisting:

1. Weightless
2. Great Expectations
3. Fugitive Motel
4. Scattered Black and Whites
5. Mirrorball
6. Magnificent (She Says)
7. Puncture Repair
8. Dear Friends
9. Lippy Kids


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