Elbow

Elbow are an English art-pop and indie-rock band formed in Bury in 1997.

The band is made up of Guy Garvey (lead vocals, guitar), Craig Potter (keyboards, piano, backing vocals), Mark Potter (guitar, backing vocals) and Pete Turner (bass, backing vocals).

They have been playing together since 1990, adopting the name Elbow in 1997. Drummer Alex Reeves replaced Richard Jupp in 2016.

Marked by a pronounced stylistic eclecticism that has led them to range, even within a single album, across numerous musical genres, Elbow have so far released ten studio albums: "Asleep In The Back" (2001), "Cast Of Thousands" (2003), "Leaders Of The Free World" (2005), "The Seldom Seen Kid" (2008), "Build A Rocket Boys!" (2011), "The Take Off And Landing Of Everything" (2014), "Little Fictions" (2017), "Giants Of All Sizes" (2019), "Flying Dream 1" (2021) and "Audio Vertigo" (2024).

Their studio albums, as well as their B-sides compilation "Dead In The Boot" (2012), have all reached the top 15 of the UK albums chart. Seven of their singles made the top 40 of the British singles chart.

In 2008 Elbow won the Mercury Music Prize for their album "The Seldom Seen Kid", and in 2009 they won the Brit Award for Best British Group.

That same year's song “One Day Like This” won the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically. In October 2011, NME placed it at number 41 on its list of the 150 best tracks of the past fifteen years. After featuring in the closing ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics, the single climbed to number 4 on the UK Singles Chart. In 2012 the band released “First Steps”, the BBC's theme for the London 2012 Olympics.