Hailing from the scene that brought the defining sounds of the Smiths, the Stone Roses, Oasis, James, and the Charlatans UK, Doves is another Brit-pop band playing around with depressing lyrical imagery and embryonic soundscapes that made the Mancunian circuit so popular throughout the '80s and '90s. Gloriously basking in the ethereal ones before them, their debut Lost Souls is a shoegazing twist of emotional bliss. Music hasn't sounded so heavenly since Radiohead and The Verve.
The dozen-track look into streaming psychedelia taps into melodic waves of love lorn and sadness, especially on songs like "Rise" and "Lost Souls." The mood rouses and the positive clamor of "The Cedar Room" becomes the album's brassy anthem, very Oasis-like. Frontman/bassist Jimi Goodwin drools like a swooning Damon Albarn during "Here It Comes" and whooshing guitar licks from Jez Williams recall the sounds of Noel Gallagher. NME boldly claims it as the best debut album since Definitely Maybe. They're onto something good. If only Liam and Noel could calm down a bit and find that mesmerizing nature once again. [In October 2000, Lost Souls was issued in America on Astralwerks with three added bonus tracks not included on the original version].
Snowden..Doves are an English rock band from Manchester. The band is known for its large, epic sound, and has been compared with contemporaries such as Radiohead and Muse, as well as classic Manchester bands such as The Stone Roses, New Order and The Smiths and experimental acts such as Talk Talk and Sigur Rós..http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doves.http://www.myspace.com/dovesmyspace.http://www.do..
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Snowden..Doves are an English rock band from Manchester. The band is known for its large, epic sound, and has been compared with contemporaries such as Radiohead and Muse, as well as classic Manchester bands such as The Stone Roses, New Order and The Smiths and experimental acts such as Talk Talk and Sigur Rós..http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doves.http://www.myspace.com/dovesmyspace.http://www.do..
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Its been dark and rainy here in NYC which I don't really mind except when its time to get out of bed. This track popped into my head this morning...
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Its been dark and rainy here in NYC which I don't really mind except when its time to get out of bed, when this track popped into my head this morning...
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Today was the first really grey day where I felt a definite fall chill in the air. Times like these always conjure up distinct feelings and memories for me. Today I was reminded of a couple of years back when I was first listening to The Stills "Logic Can Break Your Heart" non-stop and enjoying the resurgence of gloomy pop in the music scene. Around this time "a friend":http://mog.com/El_Corazo...
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| 1 Firesuite |
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| 2 Here It Comes |
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| 3 Break Me Gently |
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| 4 Sea Song |
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| 5 Rise |
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| 6 Lost Souls |
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| 7 Melody Calls |
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| 8 Catch the Sun |
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| 9 The Man Who Told Everything |
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| 10 The Cedar Room |
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| 11 Reprise |
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| 12 A House |
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