Lost Souls

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Doves

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When I first heard of Doves, they were lumped into the Travis/Radiohead category that every British rock band seems to be lumped into these days. After listening to Lost Souls, this comparison is not quite accurate. Now, Radiohead has been my favorite band for quite a while, but their styles are very different. Missing from Lost Souls is the angst of The Bends and OK Computer, but it keeps the epic scope of those albums. Doves have a very unique way of blending dark riffs with beautiful melodies, definitely shown on songs such as the title track, "Sea Song", and "Break Me Gently". Overall, the album has the feel of The Verve more than Radiohead, but it's still one of the best releases of this year. One of the previous reviewers mentioned a similar feeling to OK Computer when listening to this album, and I have to agree with them. Although it doesn't sound like Radiohead, it evokes the feeling of a "true album", one that has a continuous epic feeling to it, and one that must be listened to many times before it can fully be appreciated. Lost Souls has already turned into one of my favorite albums, and will probably stay that way for quite some time. If you're a fan of British rock, this one comes highly recommended.

Just got the debut C.D. from British group,Doves.The C.D. has 12 tracks which show that the group have plenty of promise,but they haven't quite made a masterpiece just yet.Many of the songs have very long instrumental intros,which sort of reminded me of the Mogwai C.D.-'Come on die young'.The album is quite atmostpheric in a dark late night kind of way.Song 4-'Sea Song' comes as a surprise as it's quite a jaunty sing-a-long tune.Another very catchy song is the aptly titled 'Melody Calls'.The group thank artists as diverse as Scott Walker,Joy Division,Velvet Underground and for the more upbeat songs The Clash.So from this list of artists you can clearly tell where they are coming from.Having said that I feel they seem to have held something back on this C.D.No tune comes out and really grabs you enough to make it a truly memorable C.D.,but they do show enough potential here to make you think that they may make an excellent C.D. in the near future.A promising debut and a group to watch out for.