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Lost Souls

Doves

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Album Review

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].

Customer Reviews

Very Oasis? I think not..

The iTunes review cites the Mancunian musical heritage that Doves have but remember this is the group the emerged from the dance collective "Sub-Sub". Perhaps their comfort with creating interesting sounds comes from that background. The intro of "The Cedar Room" will show you their ability to create an interesting sound that colours the song more that the guitar + bass + drums of most 'indie' groups. The 'instrumental' track Firesuite is more chillout (I hate that term) album than indie group. The lyrics perhaps are what is Northern here but the depth of meaning makes me laugh when thinking of the meaningless of something like Oasis' "Champagne Supernova". An intelligent group, with a unique complex sound that hasn't aged.

Fave' band

Debut from the superb Manchester trio. 5 stars should speak for how good this is.

Great Debut album

Quality pervades all of The Doves Album's but their debut is a classic. The classic Cedar Room is a fantastic track but the whole album is sublime. Buy it!

Biography

Formed: 1998 in Manchester, England

Genre: Alternative

Years Active: '90s, '00s, '10s

Before embracing Brit-pop in the late '90s, Doves' three members — vocalist/bassist Jimi Goodwin, guitarist Jez Williams, and drummer Andy Williams — figured prominently in the Madchester scene, where they scored a Top Five single as part of the dance combo Sub Sub. "Ain't No Love (Ain't No Use)" peaked at number three in the U.K., but Sub Sub failed to produce any significant follow-up hits, and a fire destroyed their recording studio in February 1995. After taking several years to restructure...
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