We’d done as much as we could separately and we knew that we wanted the album to have a real coherence, to have a sound of its own. “We knew we were going to have to bubble to finish the record. Where did the idea to make a record like this come from? It’s something that you’d never have normally been able to do… With the album arriving in stores today and available to purchase here in hmv's online store, we spoke to Garvey about how this unique project came into being.
The album is produced by Craig Potter, with long term collaborator Alex Reeves on drums and percussion, while among the other collaborators are Sarah Field on clarinets and saxophones, backing vocalists Wilson Atie, Adeleye Omotayo, and Marit Røkeberg from London Contemporary Voices and old friend and long-time collaborator Jesca Hoop. With theatres shuttered all over the UK, frontman Guy Garvey, keyboardist Craig Potter, guitarist Mark Potter and bassist Pete Turner took over the Theatre Royal in Brighton and recorded the album live, on the theatre’s unoccupied stage.
The making of their new album, Flying Dream 1, began in the four members’ respective home studios, but then, when it came to finishing the songs off and recording them, they decided to try something new.
It stopped us from meeting up, enjoying Christmas together, shopping, drinking and so many, many other things.Įlbow, the heartswelling indie collective beloved by so many, will have all of those memories too, but also a rare addition, an experience they were only able to have because of the pandemic, and, in all likelihood, will never be able to repeat. When we come to remember the Covid-19 pandemic in years to come, it’ll be most likely with a shudder and a recollection of all the things it’s stopped us from doing. "It's an album that’s nostalgic for the past, but looks at the world through my son’s eyes." - Guy Garvey opens up about the unique way Elbow recorded new LP Flying Dream 1
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