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More videos to come from radiosjohn this week at the youtube channel. Also some excellent Elbow videos up, from the Blackpool Empress show. Well worth checking out!
There’s a great new interview with the band from U.K. newspaper, The Guardian, published today. The band chat about losing the #1 album chart spot to Lady GaGa; demanding fans; deceased pets – and their perceived “unglamorous” image…
They have been called “sad-sack blokes who never make bad records”, “weatherbeaten” and “world-weary”.
“What does that mean?” Andy demands of the sad-sack blokes.
“It’s like, slouching in ill-fitting clothes,” Jimi says. “Things are written about us, about our appearance, and I think well, hang about. I get my shirts from Agnès B, darling. You calling me a f***in’ binman?”
To read the full interview, click here.
Their fourth album, the excellent Kingdom of Rust, doesn’t reinvent Doves into something unrecognisable, but it certainly broadens their musical horizons and as ever, live, every moment is sonically enhanced into something epic and communal.
This is no more evident than on opener Jetstream. It’s always been palpable, but never before have Doves so eagerly recalled their early Hacienda influences and the result is a wonderful amalgamation of throbbing bass, subtle Krautrock ticks and shimmering guitars that soar majestically.
Highlights keep coming. Winter Hill may have a guitar lick reminiscent of U2 (there, I said it) but it is a trademark Doves favourite in waiting.
To read the full review, click here.
Manchester Academy, April 26th
As posted on doves board, Courtesy of Rosie & NLF.
DOVES are flying back to Balado
The Sunday Mail have also reviewed the Barras show, making it the gig of the week. To read the review, click here.
Kingdom Of Rust has remained a number 3, for a second straight week. Great news, the album sales remain solid. Much improvement on Some Cities, which dropped out the charts like a stone pretty quickly after going to number one.
The Die Young EP was released on the group’s own Cafeteria label, released early 1987. Michael Fury was inspired by James Joyce’s short story The Dead.
Metro Trinity only other release came on a split flexi with the Inspiral Carpets on Dave Haslam’s Debris fanzine. Which featured the track “Stupid Friends”.
Andy Williams joined the band later on, but does not feature on this EP. The band split up shortly after.
The track “Spend My Whole Life Loving You” later appeared on the great Sound Of Leamington Spa Vol 1 compilation. Well worth checking out, if you enjoy the c86 jangly guitar stuff of the mid to late 80s.
A very old pre sub sub EP from the 1980s to follow.
Tonight’s show in Leeds has been postponed. This is due to Andy’s illness as reported on yesterday’s Edinburgh write-up. The show has been rescheduled for May 8th. A day after the tour was supposed to end.
Get well soon Andy!
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