“We’re prog rock without the solos”: Experimental sounds, non-linear arrangements and big, conceptual ideas would seem to prove Guy Garvey is right about his band Elbow

Elbow.

Some bands seem destined to fall between the cracks of genre-tagging. And while that’s often a good thing for the artists involved, it can equally often leave fans – and passing-trade listeners – in a state of doubt or even upset. Elbow are such a band; and in 2013 leader Guy Garvey presented their prog credentials.

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