Seldom Seen Kids: elusive Mancunians back with new record

It was a long time ago now that Elbow first began talking up their next record - “dark” is how it’d be, they said. That was back in February last year.

Where have you been, Garvey?

“To put it very simply we did it all on our own. Craig (Potter, keyboards) has taken the helm and we have recorded produced and mixed the whole thing without any outside help.”

Stop blathering.

“This record is the one of which we are most proud for many reasons…”

OK, sorry. What’s on it?

‘Starlings’
‘The Bones Of You’
‘Mirrorball’
‘Grounds For Divorce’
‘An Audience With The Pope’
‘Weather To Fly’
‘The Loneliness Of A Towercrane Driver’
‘The Fix’
‘Some Riot’
‘One Day Like This’
‘Friend Of Ours’

The whole record – entitled The Seldom Seen Kid is released on the 17th of March through Fiction, but you can hear that second track streaming at Elbow.co.uk now.

The band are on tour, too, after their record’s release. Details below:

April
4 Glasgow ABC
5 Newcastle Carling Academy
6 Leeds Metropolitan University
8 Oxford Carling Academy
9 Bristol Colston Hall
10 Birmingham Carling Academy
12 Sheffield Octogan
13 Manchester University
14 Nottingham Rock City
15 London Brixton Academy