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Elbow singer Guy Garvey has revealed he doesn't want his band to have huge success because they are too busy raising families.
The group release their fourth LP The Seldom Seen Kid on March 17, with critics hailing it as their best album to date.
Garvey admitted he isn't disappointed that the group's record sales don't match their critical success.
"If you'd asked us when we were 16 or 17, world domination was definitely the plan. We'd all watched [U2 tour documentary] Rattle And Hum and would often talk about what would happen when it was our turn.
"That was definitely the plan then, but these days we've got families and we don't want to be away. Having said that, we want our music to reach as many people as possible - we make big music, and it deserves a big arena."
Garvey said the band's new album deals with big themes - including life and death - partly prompted by the passing of a close friend.
"Yeah, a friend of ours died at the beginning of making the album. Far too young and it was a total shocker for us all," he said. "Elbow have also been busy having babies - the Potter brothers have two sons each, and Richard has a son too.
"The negative and the positive things that have happened since our last record have one thing in common - they've all made us contemplate our place in the world and how long we're going to be here, so we're asking a lot of big questions on this album, about life, death and all that stuff."
