Elbow's "The Seldom Seen Kid" wins Mercury Prize

[ceramic'cow]

I'm a huge fan of Elbow, but I don't really rate The Seldom Seen Kid. It's not bad, and it's certainly 'boring oasis brit-rock' (have you even heard the record?) but their previous albums are all much better, in my book. Still, as Matt says, hopefully this will give a fantastic, previously underrated, band a bit of a push into the public eye.

[matt]

Just seen on Amazon that you can pick up Elbow's first two albums for less than three quid each and both well worth getting, especially at that price

Also so earlier that apparently Burial has seen over a 1000% increase in album sales on the back of the Mercury so he's not doing too badly out of it either. And TSSK is back into the top 10 of the album chart too

[beh]

I was happy they won. Been a fan since their inception. TSSK is good, but not overwhelming*. But as others have metioned, they are underrated, so maybe they'll get more credit. But then again, I'm able to see them at 650 people capacity venues (SF Bimbos earlier this year, and the last couple of tours, I think)!!

* I don't even know what's come out this year... In Rainbows was good, but subtle, but without much thought, I think REM's Accelerate's been my fav. Mogwai's out next week tho'. What is the Mercury prize's date range?

bh

PS. I just put TSSK on.