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After almost four years since their third album "Some Cities" (released in February 2005), Doves have returned in 2009 with new album "Kingdom of Rust" (release date 6th of April).
Emerging from a post-Hacienda Manchester, Jimi Goodwin, Jez Williams and Andy Williams enjoyed chart success as dance outfit Sub Sub, scoring a number one hit with "Ain't No Love (Ain't No Use)", released on Rob Gretton's label. After reinventing themselves the trio returned in 2000 as Doves, grabbing attention with the epic indie rock soundscapes of "Lost Souls". Follow up album "The Last Broadcast" gained Doves further chart success and critical acclaim, with both albums being Mercury nominated.
2005 saw the release of "Some Cities", and although it was commercially successful, the band went quiet, until now.
Many speculated that the band had split, but it appears the band were recording as early as April 2006, honing "Kingdom of Rust".
Reportedly, Doves wanted to avoid making another "Some Cities", looking back over almost 30 years of playing together, wishing to integrate different techniques, and utilizing demos and first takes in the final mix of some tracks.
Early reviews have drawn comparisons to Kraftwerk and Joy Division amongst other big hitters. You can download sample tracks yourself at www.doves.net
Tour dates include:
15 April Cambridge Corn Exchange
16 April Brighton Dome
17 April Birmingham Academy
19 April Belfast Ulster Hall
20 April Olympia Theatre, Dublin
22 April Barrowland, Glasgow
23 April Edinburgh Picture House
24 Apil Leeds 02 Academy
26 April Manchester Academy
27 April Newcastle Academy
28 April Sheffield Academy
30 April Reading Hexagon
1 May Brixton Academy
4 May Southampton Guildhall
5 May Nottingham Rock City
6 May Norwich UEA
7 May Bristol 02 Academy
Four years on from their last release and Doves prove wrong the doom-mongers who speculated about the band’s demise. The trio spent 18 months working on the follow-up to Some Cities, resulting in the supreme forthcoming album Kingdom of Dust.
Doves have always had an ability work with both shadows and bright colours with a fairly limited set-up of guitar, drums and bass. It is often mesmerising to hear how much they can wring from such basics. And perhaps this could their hour to follow Elbow into wider recognition?
Jetstream is their attempt at an imaginary exit music. As they say: "Being fans of the Vangelis film score, 'Blade Runner', we always wanted to write an imaginary song for the closing credits on Ridley Scott's classic ... "
As it gathers pace it has traces of Kraftwerk's Trans-Europe Express and Chemical Brothers' Starguitar before bursting into a minimal Peter Hook riff just before three minutes and instantly swapping saddles to pick up the beat of Tour De France. Absorbing stuff.
Elsewhere on the album, the band show further fascination with the landscape of the north west of England, previously evidenced M62 Song, Shadows Of Salford and Northenden. This time around they name a track Winter Hill, presumably after the noted Lancashire landmark (and source of Manchester and beyond's TV signals)
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