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Old 03-19-2008, 12:59 PM
matt
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Re: Most Underrated Bands
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Originally Posted by ceramic'cow
If you want to hear a more diverse Elbow, check out their first record, Asleep in the Back. It's got some of the beautiful stuff that they do so very very well (scattered black and whites, as previously mention) but also a lot of darker, harsher sounding stuff. Check out Bitten by the Tailfly (which is fucking HUGE live) for an example of that, and Any Day Now for a perfect example of the combination of the two.

I fucking love elbow.
their brand new album the seldom seen kid is fucking awesome - probably the best they've ever done and i don't say that lightly.

it's funny actually as i've been reading quite a few of the rave reviews it's been getting and at least three of them have mentioned the fact how critics can never understand why a band as good as elbow doesn't achieve the commercial success and sales level they deserve whereas coldplay and snow patrol sell by the bucketload...