MOJO Bar - Music for the people

There has been a lot of talk in the reviews of the Doves latest effort of it arriving in a more welcoming world. Why more welcoming? Because Elbow have just had a huge Record. This may be a trifle unfair as Doves last 2 long players both reached the No. 1 spot and whilst they may not be a ‘Pounding’ or a ‘On a Day Like this’ contained within it’s fine stuff.

‘Thanks for the help Garvey but we’re ok, Ta’ 

We are in familiar Dove Territory here with recognisable Melodies and chiming guitars lying around all over the place. Things have moved on though.

Opener, Jet stream feels like the biggest shift from home here hinting at Sub Sub days with urgent beats driving it on, whilst they sound like they’ve  swallowed Grace Jones bass player on Compulsion (in a good way).

Title track Kingdom of rust sounds like it was written for a Pennines set western, a lovely Shuffling Lancastrian Mariachi of a thing.

So it’s more of the same. But different. Doves music still evokes the same stuff it always has, wide open spaces and a kind of bleak Euphoria but there is a constant forward movement to make them forever interesting. Excellent.

7/10

Had a listen? What did you think?

(1 votes, average: 6.00 out of 10)

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