Dec 30 2008
Elbow’s ‘The Seldom Seen Kid’ is the Critics’ Album of the Year
Elbow’s ‘The Seldom Seen Kid’ has been named the critics’ album of the year according to HMVs Poll of Polls. Based on the end of year polls by the popular music press, national media, and online media also; ‘The Seldom Seen Kid’ has been named critics’ choice, seeing off some tough competition in the process.
‘The Seldom Seen Kid’ was released on March 17th through Fiction Records, and as well as being named the critics’ choice, also won the Mercury Prize in 2008. All in all; 2008 has not been too bad a year at all for English rock band Elbow, and having been together since 1990 it could well be said that 2008 has been the band’s best year yet.
Elbow head into 2009 with a UK tour all set to begin on February 28th at Brighton’s Dome. The band will then end the tour on March 14th at Wembley Arena before heading on to play the V Festival in Sydney on March 28th, Gold Coast on the 29th, and then Melbourne and Perth on April 4th and 6th respectively.
2008 has certainly been a brilliant year for Elbow, and 2009 looks set to be yet another busy one for the band. Incredible success has come for Elbow this year, and the band’s spirits will surely be at an all-time high as we enter into 2009.
The following is a video of Elbow performing the track ‘One Day Like This’ live at Glastonbury Festival 2008.
