Contactmusic.com today put up a positive review of the Lincoln Engine Shed show, though apparently the crowd were a bit crap..
In recent shows the Doves have been kicking their set list with ‘Jetstream’ but tonight is different, tonight is gearing up for the big one and they kick off with a perfect rendition of ‘House Of Mirrors’ flowed quickly through into ‘Caught By The River’ showcasing that the band are equally comfortable with both their new and old material. Sadly it seems that the crowd is somewhat less enthusiastic, and yet the band still carry on with hit after a hit (and with that I’m not saying a no1, just a quality tune). ‘Pounding’ sounds so immense and then ’10:03′ gives Jimi Goodwin a chance to bellow his vocals out over the music, which sounds effortless.
Yet there is still nothing from the subdued Lincoln crowd, but that doesn’t seem to deter this Manc trio as they finish off their set with a bit of a surprise in the shape of ‘The Cedar Room’ and after this lack luster reaction from the crowd you wonder if the Jimi and friends are actually going to come back and do the encore?
Doves will be playing a DJ set on New Year’s Eve at London’s 93 Feet East. For all the info, visit the event venue site here.
NME aired a interview they conducted with Jez before the Leeds Cockpit show last week. Liz was able to scribble down what was said. Some nice info, with regards to plans for next year:
He sounded in good spirits but speaking quite fast and despite my ninja notetaking skillz I can only paraphrase the thing.There was nothing really new, just a few snippets about next year.
The interviewer was asking when was the last time they had played the cockpit and Jez said in was in 2000 and he seemed quite surprised it was nearly 10 years ago, he also mentioned that they like playing in small places where you can see the ‘whites of eyes and the sweat drips off the ceiling’!He was asked about his highlight of 2009 and he said headlining the John Peel tent at Glastonbury,
The interviewer then asked about the making of KOR …and it was the usual about how long it had taken, and the different sounds …Sub Sub was mentioned, and how they’d enjoyed picking up keyboards again.
Also how they wanted it to sound like a good dj-ing set I think ..ie making sure all the tracks fitted together despite all sounding quite different and that it had taken them nearly 3 weeks to decide the order of the album.The last song to go on was Greatest Denier ….there was something here about writing a song specifically to fit in with the others that were already on the album , but I didn’t quite catch it.There was something about Norman Cook and masks, but again I didn’t quite catch that!
They talked about plans for next year and Jez said they were already pencilled in for some festivals in the summer but he wasn’t allowed to say which ones yet, and the compilation album, out in April, which will contain some ‘rarities’ and 3 brand new songs that they will be going into the studio to record in January.Finally, he asked whether, as they’d been together so long,whether Doves had any Christmas traditions and Jez said they always used to have a Christmas curry, but they hadn’t been for about 3 years, so he might have to ‘reinstate it’.
That’s about all I can remember/made notes about …hopefully it’ll be up on their site at some point as it’s a good listen and they played House of Mirrors in the middle of it
Thanks allot Liz! Some nice info there. Here’s hoping the best of is spread over two discs. Disc one with all the favourites and the second featuring all the new stuff/rarities. Though probably wishful thinking?
The Greatest Denier
The Cedar Room – wow!
Top marks to the band too. Jimi is on top form with the vocals! Brilliant stuff.
Super Furry Animals Photo by Shirlaine Forrest
Gigwise has put up a large gallery of photos from the Gmex show, with pics from the Delphic & SFA sets as well as doves of course.
From doves board:
Bit of a punt this …but we were chatting to a couple, Caroline and I think Chris ,last night at the Gmex gig ….they were big SFA and Doves fans .They mentioned they’d registered on here, but didn’t post.
Anyhoo about half way into the set Caroline said she’d lost her camera ..couldn’t find it in the crowd .Just before the end someone handed a camera to me thinking it was mine, ‘cos I’d mentioned we were looking to peeps around us .
I looked for them after the gig but didn’t manage to see them.
Setlist
Where We’re Calling From
House Of Mirrors
Snowden
Winterhill
Pounding
Jetstream
Firesuite
Kingdom Of Rust
10:03
Outsiders
Words
Greatest Denier
Black And White Town
Caught By The River
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The Cedar Room
Here It Comes
Last Broadcast
The Fear
The NME were at the gig. A wee review up on the site:
The band treated fans to a career-spanning set at the venue formerly known as G-Mex and admitted the enormity of the show was “overwhelming”.
Tracks from their most recent album ‘Kingdom Of Rust’ such as ’10:03′ were mixed in with fan favourites ‘Black And White Town’ and ‘Snowden’.
Meanwhile, the band were joined by the London Bulgarian Choir for a number of songs, such as ‘Cedar Room’ and ‘Firesuite’
Introducing ‘Pounding’, singer Jimi Goodwin told the crowd: “Let’s make the G-Mex shudder and shake like the old days.”
He later thanked fans for their support over their decade-spanning career.
“This is the biggest crowd we’ve ever played to in out hometown, it means a fucking lot. Merry Christmas.”.
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