Unlike some contemporaries, who have lost their way or been swallowed up by their own egos, the warm-blanket-like comfort of Guy Carvey’s voice and melodies that the band conjure is writ large over Little Fictions.
Featuring collaborations with an orchestra and choir, this is a band exuding confidence but still delivering little bursts of melancholia, albeit with some buoyant romanticism.
Like the ageing of a fine wine and moving closer to some of their prog references, Elbow delivers again.
• Elbow. Little Fictions. Polydor.
• Four stars (out fo five)
Single download: Trust The Sun
For those who like: Peter Gabriel, Ed Harcourt, The Twilight Singers
— Mark Orton
