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It’s been a long time since 2005’s Some Cities, but the wait is almost over for fans of Doves, as the Manchester band has announced that Kingdom of Rust will be out on April 7th (just in time for my birthday). Details about what to expect on the album are sketchy, but judging by the teaser track they’ve made available from their website, it’s not too far from what made Doves such a fantastic band in the first place. “Jetstream” continues in the epic tradition of tracks like “There Goes The Fear”and finds Jimi Goodwin, Jez Williams, and Andy Williams exploring some of the dance sounds from their previous incarnation as Sub Sub. It’s a hypnotic, propulsive track (listed as the album’s opener) that sets expectations and anticipation high for what the rest of the 10 songs on the album will sound like.
The tracklisting for Kingdom of Rust is as follows:
“Jetstream”
“Kingdom of Rust”
“The Outsiders”
“Winter Hill”
“10.03″
“The Greatest Denier”
“Birds Flew Backwards”
“Spellbound”
“Compulsion”
“House of Mirrors”
“Lifelines”
The band have also announced a handfull of otur dates in the UK prior to the album’s release, with a promise of more global dates in the Spring.
MP3: Doves “Jetstream”
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It’s the end of the week and about time Ruby Isle got up to some more cover song shenanigans. This week: Animal Collective.
MP3: Ruby Isle “My Girls” (Animal Collective cover)
Peter, Bjorn and John are teasing us with some video in anticpation of Living Thing out on March 31st.
Calling all Cure fans: you can stream the 16-song tribute CD, Just Like Heaven now and hear teh likes of Tanya Donnelly, The Submarines, Elk City and The Wedding present covering your favourite Cure songs. Nobody coverd my favourite, “Fascination Street” but I’m interested to hear what Dean & Britta have done with “Friday I’m In Love”.
Stream: Various Artists Just Like Heaven: A Tribute to The Cure