The Seldom Seen Kid The Seldom Seen Kid The Seldom Seen Kid is the fourth studio album by English rock band Elbow. It was released by Fiction Records on 17 March 2008 in the United Kingdom and was released by Geffen Records on 22 April 2008 in the United States. The album debuted at number five on the UK Albums Chart and won the Mercury Prize in 2008. The album was recorded at Blueprint Studios in Manchester, and is the first Elbow album to be entirely self-produced, mixed and recorded without any outside help. The bulk of the record was written and performed by
The Weston & Somerset Mercury The Weston & Somerset Mercury The Weston, Worle & Somerset Mercury is a weekly paid for newspaper that covers Weston-super-Mare and the surrounding areas of Somerset and North Somerset in England. The "Weston Mercury" was established 1 April 1843 and was family-owned for much of its history. It is now owned by publishing company Archant. It has won the Newspaper Society's Community Newspaper of the year award numerous times, most recently in 2007 and 2008. Its office is in the heart of Weston town centre. Also based in the Weston office is the Mercury's sister paper, the "North Somerset Times",