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> Elbow - Giants of All Sizes, 8th album out 2019; 'Empires' out 23/8/19
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post 1st August 2019, 01:54 PM
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Following their #1 album Little Fictions in 2017, elbow are back with their upcoming 8th album! The lead single 'Dexter & Sinister' is out today:

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post 1st August 2019, 01:57 PM
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glad they're back, one of the best UK bands
can't wait to go home and listen
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post 1st August 2019, 06:00 PM
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Not a fan of this one but presumably it's not the actual first single. Hoping there's some good stuff on this album.
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post 2nd August 2019, 02:27 PM
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I quite like it, it’s different sounding and I can imagine it working well within an album.
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post 3rd August 2019, 08:36 AM
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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.
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post 3rd August 2019, 09:26 AM
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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.
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post 7th August 2019, 08:56 PM
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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'!
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post 23rd August 2019, 10:28 AM
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'Empires' was released on Wednesday, liking this a lot more than 'Dexter & Sinister'!

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post 5th October 2019, 06:42 PM
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'White Noise White Heat' was released on Friday

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post 5th October 2019, 11:53 PM
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Saw them perform it on The Graham Norton Show the same day - enjoyed it.
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post 6th October 2019, 02:12 AM
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Yeh the song they performed was very good!
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post 13th October 2019, 03:25 PM
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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.
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post 13th October 2019, 03:41 PM
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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
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post 13th October 2019, 09:46 PM
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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!
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post 13th October 2019, 09:52 PM
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I was reminded of their cover of Golden Slumbers earlier, absolutely love their version of that. Great that it went top 40 too!
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post 13th October 2019, 10:23 PM
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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!
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post 14th October 2019, 06:32 PM
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A cert for Number 1 this week based on the information released today.
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post 14th October 2019, 06:54 PM
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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.
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post 14th October 2019, 07:45 PM
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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.
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post 14th October 2019, 08:26 PM
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Likely to be around 5,000 i would predict.
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