Review: Elbow`s powerful new album a reflection of its time
(WorldNews Music)

Elbow, `Giants of All Sizes` (Polydor/Verve Music Group) With all the talk about bleakness and the experiences of anger and loss affecting `Giants of All Sizes,` you`d imagine Elbow`s eighth studio album arriving with an `Abandon hope, all ye who enter here` warning sticker. But while there`s plenty of heaviness and weariness, the Manchester band`s empathy and flair for the hymn-like help alleviate the oppression. Richly textured arrangements - the band returned to playing live in the studio - and...