Amoeba Music

The very early 2000's witnessed a slew of earnest UK pop bands who followed in the wake of the popularity Coldplay had achieved. Harping on melancholic tones and nakedly emotional lyrics, bands like Starsailor, South, and Haven released debuts to varying degrees of success. Somewhere in that mix were Elbow, a five-piece group with a full-time organ player, a sound that was capable of tugging on the heartstrings so much that it was almost unfair (see “Newborn”), and a singer who's voice was somewhere between that of Peter Gabriel and Catherine Wheel's Rob Dickinson. Perhaps Elbow had a slight edge, though, when they released their debut, as they had been working on it for ten years.

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Genre:

Rock, Alternative/Indie

City Of Origin:

Manchester, England

Formed Date:

1990