There is only one person that I feel comfortable recommending music to and I have known him for 20 years.

Here is a link to give you an idea of how they sound, though the song that those lyrics are from (Station Approach) is not available here:
http://www.elbow.co.uk/index.asp

Also, on April 16th, they did a live performance at KCRW which you can listen to or watch: http://www.kcrw.com/cgi-bin/db/kcrw.pl?show_code=mb&air_date=4/7/06&tmplt_type=show