Forget Myself from the album "Forget Myself - EP" by Elbow
I've listened to it long enough now to recommend it. Forget Myself picks up a great London lyrical vibe whilst keeping a genuine big sound going without sounding brazen or over the top - only one other band does that well: Athlete. The other tracks are the requisite 7 minutes of studio instrumental noodling which pass for filler on EPs nowadays and a track which so far hasn't jumped out at me. In fact you could arguably just buy Forget Myself as a single and still be very happy with it.
If you haven't bought Elbow's album "Cast of Thousands" yet, then you're depriving yourself of some seriously fantastic music. These guys have been passed like a hot potato from label to label and finally ended up on V2 for the release of "Cast of Thousands" - an album which included the same sublime lyricism of their early work (which I confess I only picked up after "Cast of Thousands") whilst slashing some of their dependency on ridiculously long exploratory indy tracks. I was going to list the best tracks on the album but stopped when I realized there were 7 and at that point it's not much cheaper than buying the album.
Anyhow, check them out when you get the opportunity.
Later
John
Posted by John Swaine at September 2, 2005 12:50 AM