
From Loudersound.
Elbow have announced that they’ll release their new studio album, Flying Dream 1, through Polydor Records on November 19.
The band wrote Flying Dream 1 remotely in their home studios before coming together at the empty Brighton Theatre Royal to perfect, perform, and record the songs. A film crew covered the final recording sessions for a forthcoming documentary.
“Hiring a two hundred year old theatre that has never in its history been closed for so long was something that could only be done under the circumstances… nice to turn it on its head in that way,” says singer Guy Garvey. “Recording in a splendid generous space with no audience was something that throws an anchor in the times that the record was made in.”
During the first lockdown the band recorded the ‘elbowrooms’ sessions and uploaded them to YouTube. They used that impetus to begin writing individually, sending each other little love notes over the weeks and months, and these sketches gradually became songs.
“We realised we were making a record free of the usual creative guidelines,” Garvey adds. “We love patient, quiet, whole albums like the last Talk Talk records. John Martyn‘s Sold Air and Bless The Weather, PJ Harvey’s Is This Desire, Chet Baker Sings, the Blue Nile’s Hats. Kate Bush’s Hounds Of Love and Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks. We’ve always written songs like this, but it felt natural to make an album that focuses on the gentler side of our music. There have been challenges, but through them writing together remotely was a lifeline. It’s bruised and wistful, nostalgic, and thankful. We’re so lucky that all our family and friends are safe. It’s about that love.”
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- Elbow - Little Fiction - UK - vinyl LP - £19.99, $24.19, €23.19 (New Item) (arrived 17-Jun-2022 11:26)on July 3, 2022 at 1:10 pm
ELBOW Little Fiction (2017 UK limited edition 10-track vinyl LP, the seventh studio album from Guy Garvey & co, including the singles Magnificent [She Says], All Disco and Gentle Storm. The gatefold picture sleeve has the lyrics printed within and the vinyl has only light signs of play)
- Elbow - McGreggor - RSD12 - Sealed - UK - 7" vinyl - £10.00, $12.10, €11.60 (New Item) (arrived 17-Feb-2022 16:24)on July 3, 2022 at 1:10 pm
ELBOW McGreggor (2012 UK limited edition 7" vinyl single released exclusively for Record Store Day featuring the track which was originally issued as the B-side to their 'Forget Myself' 7". The vinyl is UNPLAYED housed in the white & black-titled sleeve which remains sealed within its original shrinkwrap) **Limited to 500 Copies Only**
- Elbow - The Take Off And Landing Of Everything - 180gm - UK - 2-LP vinyl set - £35.00, $42.35, €40.60 (New Item) (arrived 15-Feb-2022 11:23)on July 3, 2022 at 1:10 pm
ELBOW The Take Off And Landing Of Everything (2014 UK 10-track LP pressed on 180 GRAM VINYL , including Fly Boy Blue/Lunette and New York Morning, housed in a gatefold picture sleeve with lyrics printed across the centre and illustratedinners. Both the sleeve and vinyl remain Mint condition)
- Elbow - Flying Dream 1 - 180gm + Signed Print - UK - vinyl LP - £49.99, $60.49, €57.99 (New Item) (arrived 29-Dec-2021 12:52)on July 3, 2022 at 1:10 pm
ELBOW Flying Dream 1 (Rare 2021 UK Website & Amazon Exclusive AUTOGRAPHED limited edition 10-track LP pressed on 180 GRAM VINYL. Housed in a picture sleeve with a 12" x 12" print of the cover artwork which has been signed by GuyGarvey, Craig Potter, Mark Potter and Pete Turner in black marker pen. This copy has been shrinkwrap sealed after signing)
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