Doves - Kingdom Of Rust (EMI)
4/5
By: Tom Hocknell
Although their albums never quite match up to expectation, those Doves are great at singles, and this does nothing to ruin their healthy run. We anticipate the corking future singles collection.
This replaces 'Black and White Town's Motown stomp with a decaying, and sad country skip, as strings swell increasingly with each verse, until you're lost in the storm; it moves from Blue Nile to Spiritualized within a single song. For once, the lyrics are discernible throughout, painting a classic Heathcliff foreboding, unfortunately capturing the current economic times.
While in some ways, (particularly live) they remain a band searching for a front man, this song lends credence to the argument that they already have one.
Artists in this article: Doves
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