‘Something we’ve always said we’d love to do is see Guy play on his own,’ Turner says. He admits he asked his wife to put a family holiday on hold in case it clashed with Garvey’s solo tour, prompting an “awww” from Garvey. 'I can’t miss that opportunity. It might take off, and then that’s the only way I’ll get to see you [Garvey],’ he says, and [Garvey and Turner] burst into another fit of the giggles.
“elbow are involved in various solo projects and collaborative endeavours for the next few months and we just felt we really wanted to get ‘something’ away to tide fans over until the next album. We’ve always loved the EP as a format and we’ve enjoyed making this one so much I wouldn’t be surprised if there was another before long. All the songs on this EP are set in Manchester city centre. Manchester’s symbol has been the worker bee for hundreds of years and the lead track is about finding love far away from home. Far from being just a stop gap this is one of our proudest releases” - Guy Garvey (x)