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Elbow have unveiled a brand new track from their upcoming sixth album, The Take Off And Landing Of Everything. Watch the video for 'Fly Boy Blue/Lunette' below.
Unveiling the track at midnight, 'Fly Boy Blue/Lunette' comes accompanied with a video by long-time visual collaborators, The Soup Collective - documenting the band in the studio during the 12 months it took the record the album.
'Fly Boy Blue/Lunette' is an epic but ultimately human soundscape about the romance and pitfalls of growing old, leaning sonically towards the dark but soulful and ecclectic sound of the band's earlier work - such as their critically-acclaimed second album, Asleep In The Back.
Watch the video for 'Fly Boy Blue/Lunette' below
The album by the Mercury-winning Mancunians was previously titled Carry Her, Carry Me. In a new interview with Q Magazine, frontman Guy Garvey explained the change in name.
"It always happens, this," said Garvey. "The title's now from a song there - this huge, cacophonous thing, born of our love for space rock, prog, Primal Scream and Spiritualized."
He continued: "It's to do with the fact that there have been lots of life events. There are five members of the band, people have split up, got together, had children, it never stops this stuff. Especially round the 40 mark; there's lots of re-evaluations in life, and yet I wanted to remain celebratory about that. Everybody's feeling relief with remorse, next to joy, next to loss. But I think think laughing very hard and worrying very little is a good way to keep young."
The Take Off And Landing Of Everything is due for release on 10 March 2014.
Elbow's full dates for their April UK tour are:
Sat 5th – Birmingham LG Arena
Sun 6th – Glasgow SSE Hydro
Tue 8th – Cardiff Motorpoint Arena
Wed 9th - Manchester Phones 4U Arena
Fri 11th – Leeds First Direct Arena
Sat 12th – Liverpool Echo Arena Mon
14th – Nottingham Capital FM Arena
Wed 16th – London The O2
Tickets are on sale now. For more information visit Gigwise gig tickets.
Below: Photos of Elbow live at London's O2 Arena
