I haven’t been keeping up with any news on Doves since the initial announcement of their new record Kingdom of Rust, so this video for the title track completely slipped by my radar. I initially came to finding this through a remix of the same song that was being offered on NME by Still Going, and I have to be honest in saying that it was complete crap. If there’s a band that just doesn’t sound good being remixed, Doves will certainly be pretty high up on that list. I immediately needed to purge this from my memory, so I went looking around to hear the original version and happened across this video.
While listening to this, I came to the conclusion that the song goes more in line with the band’s past records, especially compared to the free downloadable track “Jetstream” that was made available in January. It just sounds, feels, hell even tastes like something from Doves. I’m not sure how to describe it, but longtime fans should know of it as soon as they hear it. It’s that subtleness in emotion, a hidden beauty within their music that comes together so powerfully. Anyways, just watch the video.
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