It doesn't seem just two days ago now that I was watching a DVD version of Elbow's new album for the first time on a big screen at the NFT, but even so I suppose I should still comment on it.
They were funny and likable as ever in the discussion afterwards, and Phill Jupitas was an OK if overly controlling host. The Soup Collective, the people who do their visuals, were clearly nervous and unused to talking in public but managed to not drag things down too much anyway.
Onto the actual album (although we didn't get all of it, quite); it seemed to involve extremes of sound more than previously, with almost all of it either loud, dark and sinister or bare and beautiful. It's difficult to say a whole lot more than that it was neither exceptional nor disappointing on first listen, especially with the (generally excellent) videos and other studio clips to distract, but a couple of songs did already sound amazing. Now there's a two-month wait to find out if it will live up to expactions on fuller listening.
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