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 Mercury Press The Mercury Press The Mercury Press is a Canadian publishing company which publishes literary fiction, poetry, and non-fiction works by Canadians. Mercury has a substantial jazz list and has also published murder mysteries, priding itself in its eclecticism. Books published by Mercury have won or been shortlisted for numerous awards, including The Governor General's Award, The City of Toronto Book Award, The Trillium Award, and many others. In 1978, Glynn Davies founded the Aya Press, first publishing "Ancient Music" by Itzy Borstein. Over its eleven-year lifespan, the Aya Press became one of Canada's most important small literary presses, publishing the