Artist – Album: Doves – The Last Broadcast
Released: 29th
April 2002
Sounds Like: One of the albums of my teen years
The first gig I ever went to with just me, my friends, and
no adult supervision was Doves at the Apollo circa the release of this record. Supported
by the phenomenal Delgados, and aided by grainy video vignettes, Jim Goodwin
and co’s pulsating indie rock and mesmeric melodies blew our tiny little minds.
I remember leaving the gig in a state of euphoria and promptly snapped up a 6
foot tall poster of the album cover from a vendor outside the venue, which
would go on to adorn my bedroom wall until well after I left university and
which would periodically fall down and blanket me as I slept.
As far as I’m concerned, it doesn’t really feel like Doves
get the recognition they deserve and they’re often wrongfully grouped with the
gloomy piano rockers such as Coldplay, Keane and Starsailor. From the samba
tinged ‘There Goes the Fear’ to the slow
burning ballad ‘Satellites’, the
album is brilliantly consistent and consistently brilliant and should stand as
a reminder of their true greatness.
The jangly pop of ‘Words’,
the atmospheric ‘N.Y.’, the
supremely aptly named ‘Pounding’, the
creepy ‘Friday’s Dust’, and the
beautiful album closer ‘Caught by the
River’ - these were all songs that my fourteen year old self absolutely
adored. It’s cool to think that at twenty four they still sound great to me.
Albumaday... rating:
8/10
1. Intro
– 1:18
2. Words
– 5:42
3. There
Goes the Fear – 6:54
4. M62
Song – 3:48
5. Where
We’re Calling From – 1:24
6. N.Y.
– 5:46
7. Satellites
– 6:50
8. Friday’s
Dust – 3:35
9. Pounding
– 4:45
10. Last
Broadcast – 3:22
11. The
Sulphur Man – 4:37
12. Caught
by the River – 5:55
Listen to ‘Caught by
the River’: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7JFqeoGeZ0
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