Where have you heard that before? A band that gradually grows into one of the largest groups in the country with supported music and beautiful, not always understandable lyrics. With a singer who is considered to be among the best, and who returns to the old nest after a solo outing. They are forced to look for a new drummer. Since they won the Mercury Price with their fourth album (2010), a new
… Elbow - because it's about them here - has been a Big Event. Funnily enough, The Seldom Seen Kid wasn't much better than the records that came before or after. At most it has the experimental and capriciousness of debut more and more made way for traditional songs. Which at Little Fictions are again kept a bit smaller than before. Beautiful are the single Magnificent (She Says), Gentle Storm and the title track. But elsewhere, such as All Disco, dressed up with obligatory choral singing, you get the feeling that you actually know it all. And then it comes to mind: . (RME)more
