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DOVES - KINGDOM OF RUST
by George Georgiou (song292@yahoo.gr)



Doves have always kept their modest shadows in the noiseless part of Manchester. Poor of scandals, cheap publicity and gossip stimulations, they have always proved themselves to be rich in consistency and creation of gentle and honest pop music. Getting back since 2005's "Some Cities", they had to clear their dim, hesitant, a little dizzy and tired but never indifferent horizon. The british trio had always built a strong and private basis, capable to combine a crowd of outer influences and end to daring, honest, interesting and-above all-original songs. "Kingdom Of Rust"reveals an air of determination blowing from the first moments as "Jetstream" grows fresh and certain in a rich dance rock canal, an electronic impressive opener, obviously warming up a New Order tradition. Title track begins already a hyperclassic, a delicate brief road movie, armed with clear melody lines of dignified melancholy. A well crafted memory obsession leads to one of the most inspired tracks, beautiful and flowing "Winter hill", and behind its nostalgic value, it proves at the same time all this special work they have done upon their primitive conceptions. Such kind of intension reveals surprising evolutions in the characteristic example of "10:03", or the interrupting expectations of "The Great Denier" always changing directions. "Spellbound" somehow turns around a newer version of "The Man Who Told Everything" finally melting in dangerous beauty ... "Compulsion" flies over Blondie's clear impression and balances skillfully between rhythm and feeling. Outro "Lifelines" grows step by step haunting consistent crescendos to the fact that it's hard to make sense each single day... But even if it is so, they have no cheap drama or attractive tragedy set for us. Doves have once more kept the distance from certain, obvious sentiment as they always used to respect their conceptions beyond tricks, risks, influences and decisions: deep and simple at the same time they have the skill to drive their harmonies in the noiseless part of expressions ... as they exactly do with their lives.