Elbow – Build A Rocket Boys

Releasedate: 15-04-2011; Label: Universal Music
By: Nina Mende

Elbow are a British alternative rock band. Members of the band first played together in 1990 at The Corner Pin pub in Stubbins, Rossendale bordering the town of Ramsbottom, Bury, a borough of Greater Manchester. They have released four (top twenty) studio albums, three EPs (Noisebox, Newborn and Any Day Now) and seven top forty singles in the UK. The band is named after a line in the BBC TV drama “The Singing Detective”. A character (Philip Marlowe) says that the word “elbow” is the most sensuous word in the English language; not for its definition, but for how it feels to say it.

Now their fifth studio album is released called “Build A Rocket Boys”. The music on the album is slow and mellow yet very catchy. The melodies are epic and could also be part of an opera. Using orchestra instruments in the songs supports the theatric image you get of the music. Listening to the new album by Elbow “Build A Rocket Boys” lets you lose track and drift off. Somehow the music is hypnotizing. Interesting arrangements accompanied by a calming voice keep you in a sort of trance and let the album go by without you actually realizing it. The new Elbow album “Build A Rocket Boys” is simply epic. Go get it now!

Line-up:
Guy Garvey – lead vocals, guitar, lyrics, percussion
Mark Potter – guitar, backing vocals
Craig Potter – keyboards, organ, backing vocals
Pete Turner – bass, backing vocals, keyboards
Richard Jupp – drums

Tracklist: 01. The Birds 02. Lippy Kids 03. With Love 04. Neat Little Rows 05. Jesus Is a Rochdale Girl 06. The Night Will Always Win 07. High Ideals 08. The River 09. Open Arms 10. The Birds (Reprise) 11. Dear Friends

Links:
Elbow MySpace
Elbow Official