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Album Review: Elbow - The Take Off And Landing Of Everything

Mac McNaughton

Possibly the only Mancunian band not to have disintegrated into fisticuffs



Possibly the only Mancunian band not to have disintegrated into fisticuffs, Guy Garvey presides as jolly landlord over the homely English pub that is Elbow. This sixth album gets cosy drawing a warm beer, taking stock of growing older and slowing down while life around them speeds on. Whether marvelling at a New York Morning (where “folk are nice to Yoko”) or going a bit Spiritualized sitting bewildered amongst the chaos on the title track, Take Off... is a million miles from their debut or the anthemic camaraderie of The Seldom Seen Kid.