December 11, 2004
new doves
Hurrah: e-mail from the doves mailing list yesterday. A new single about to be released, and--finally--their third album, early next year, along with a tour.
The brand new single from Doves gets an exclusive first airing on Steve Lamacq's Radio 1 show [that's BBC Radio 1] this coming Monday, December 13th. Tune in between 9pm and 1am (GMT) to hear Black And White Town in full.
If you can't listen in on Monday, Black And White Town will also be available as an exclusive stream on nme.com from Tuesday (14th) and you can buy it as a digital download from the following Monday, December 20th from doves.net.
Jez, Jimi and Andy have now finished work on their new album Some Cities, the genuinely long-awaited follow up to 2002's The Last Broadcast.
Black And White Town gets a full release on February 7th, 2005 followed by Some Cities on February 21st.
According to Billboard, March 1 in the U.S.
Are the new sounds on the web site--formerly sourced from the intro on the last broadcast--a teaser of things to come? Hopefully. Evocative, swirling, shimmering pop.
Posted by Emily at December 11, 2004 11:55 AM