I'll third (fourth? fifth?) the OTMness of "impressive and boring", but I really love the new one and think it may end up being my favorite yet. Something about the tone this time just hits me right, though that ties into my theory about this band. Which is, in short, that the Elbow album you love the most probably comes whenever your personal meloncholy is most closely attuned to the band. If that makes sense...
― an enormous bolus of flatulence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 31 March 2014 19:58 (ten years ago) link
imo "boring" isn't quite le mot juste but i'm on major painkillers atm so i can't figure out what the right one would be.
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Monday, 31 March 2014 20:33 (ten years ago) link
It's very ... considered.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 31 March 2014 20:52 (ten years ago) link
Brown
― MaresNest, Monday, 31 March 2014 20:52 (ten years ago) link
it's good. i like it.
― akm, Monday, 31 March 2014 21:11 (ten years ago) link
great band. all the right people dislike them, for perfect reasons too.
― fauxpas cola (darraghmac), Monday, 31 March 2014 21:14 (ten years ago) link
they are music lovers
― PaulTMA, Monday, 31 March 2014 21:31 (ten years ago) link
I love how much they love Genesis.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 31 March 2014 23:37 (ten years ago) link
Would be really sad if the guy sang like Peter Gabriel but didn't like Genesis.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 1 April 2014 00:59 (ten years ago) link
"magnificent (she says)" is fucking beautiful. our ELO
― reggie (qualmsley), Thursday, 29 June 2017 21:29 (six years ago) link
it's... Elbow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNRGGQ_138I
― StanM, Friday, 23 August 2019 18:26 (four years ago) link
not sure how I feel about the new one, songs aren't really striking me aside from a couple. could be a grower, but it's the least involving one IMO
― akm, Saturday, 20 November 2021 17:49 (two years ago) link
https://elbow.co.uk/audio-vertigo-extended-edition/
Bonus version with two extra tracks (one of which is “We Have All the Time In the World”, swoon). CD, signed art, $11 shipping to U.S. for $20? Sold.
― the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Monday, 25 March 2024 17:12 (one month ago) link
I saw them live just before Covid started to shut everything down, had a blast that night as they are very good live.
― Bee OK, Monday, 25 March 2024 17:56 (one month ago) link