Elbow singer Guy Garvey has recently described the public response to the band’s last album, ‘The Seldom Seen Kid’ as “Ridiculous”. After 19 years performing in small venues on the local music scene, Elbow’s 2008 album was treated with reverence by critics, earning the band the Mercury Music Prize, a BRIT Award and two Ivor Novello Awards.
Speaking to Gigwise.com, Garvey said: “It was ridiculous. There was a piece of good news every day for a year - that we’d won an award or that somebody famous loved our stuff or that somebody wanted to work with us.”
“There was good news every day for a year after 19 years of having barely any, so yeah, it was ridiculous. It was like, ‘God, it actually does happen still'.”
Garvey also spoke about how the band channelled their success into the recording of their upcoming LP ‘Build A Rocket Boys!’. He said: “Part of this record is still celebrating that if I’m honest, that’s another reason it’s retrospective because I’m very very proud of the lads,”
'Build A Rocket Boys!' is scheduled for UK release on March 7th. You can watch the band performing album track ‘Lippy Kids’ live below:
Elbow are set to tour the UK and Ireland this March. The band will play the following dates:
2nd March 2011, Junction, Cambridge (Warm-Up Show)
15th March 2011, SECC, Glasgow
16th March 2011, Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle Upon Tyne
17th March 2011, Nottingham Arena, Nottingham
19th March 2011, Sheffield Hallam FM Arena, Sheffield
20th March 2011, Liverpool Echo Arena, Liverpool
22nd March 2011, National Indoor Arena, Birmingham
23rd March 2011, Cardiff International Arena, Cardiff
25th March 2011, Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester
27th March 2011, The Brighton Centre, Brighton
28th March 2011, O2 Arena, London
29th March 2011, O2 Arena, London
31st March 2011, The O2, Dublin
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