elbow

The English band, elbow, return this year with their sixth studio album The Take Off And Landing Of Everything due for release on March 11th via Concord. The official lead single is "New York Morning," and its video features photos of the band's past as it follows an elderly couple on a tour of memories around NYC.

elbow consists of Guy Garvey (vocals, guitar), Richard Jupp (drums, percussion), Craig Potter (keyboards, piano), Mark Potter (guitar, backing vocals), and Pete Turner (bass guitar, backing vocals). They have played together since 1990, but since 1997 as elbow, and have released five studio albums: Asleep in the Back (2001), Cast of Thousands (2003), Leaders of the Free World (2005), The Seldom Seen Kid (2008), and Build a Rocket Boys! (2011).

All of their studio albums, in addition to Dead in the Boot (2012), have placed in the top 15 of the British album charts, and seven of their singles have placed in the top 40 of the British singles chart. In 2008 elbow won the Mercury Music Prize for their album The Seldom Seen Kid, and in 2009 they won the Brit Award for Best British Group. In 2012 they released "First Steps", the BBC theme for the 2012 London Olympics.

elbow will tour their new album in April with a string of headline arena shows across the UK, starting in Birmingham on April 5th.

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