Last Broadcast, The - Doves

...:P Listening to The Last Broadcast for, oh, the nth time, I never fail to notice just how damn good it is. Unusual for a second album, this 2003 follow-up to Doves’s debut, Lost Souls, is even better than its predecessor, despite their most breathtaking creation to date, The Cedar Room, nestling smugly on Lost Souls. I’ve tried to describe Doves to a cousin in New York who’d never heard a note before. What I came up with was unutterably clumsy, ...
...here we are / our last broadcast” A track list, for those that like ‘em: 1. Intro 2. Words 3. There Goes The Fear 4. M62 Song 5. Where We’re Calling From 6. New York 7. Satellites 8. Friday’s Dust 9. Pounding 10. Last Broadcast 11. The Sulphur Man 12. Caught By The River I like to think of Doves songs as breaking loosely into two categories. The more mainstream, anthemic singles-fodder, and the more experimental, musically driven numbers. ...

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...band in years. The Last Broadcast, the follow up album was released this year, along with a top 10 smash, There Goes The Fear. But how does the album stand up? The Last Broadcast has 12 tracks on it, which vary dramatically in both their style and how good they are. I'll give a brief description of all the tracks, and my opinion on them all. 1. INTRO (1.19mins) A short, musical intro which is there to set the mood of the album. Nothing particularly ...
...Unlike Lost Souls, The Last Broadcast see's some of the vocals being taken over by guitarist Jez Williams, who, on LS simply took on backing vocals duty. Musically, this track is a brilliant opening song. A gorgeously simple but effective guitar is set with a simple drum beat and supporting bass line. The texture of the tune is fairly thick, with a jangly guitar throughout the verses. It also has some fantastic backing vocals by the usual lead ...

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...is about. ‘The Last Broadcast’ is the long awaited follow up album to ‘Lost Souls’, which was released in 1999 to critical acclaim. From the intro to the very last track, TLB does not disappoint. In fact I think it emulates and surpasses its predecessor in everyway. The album starts with a dark, gloomy instrumental which the Doves seem to have made their forte, and it sets the tone for the rest of the record. Next comes ‘Words’ and you realise that ...
...the song that epitomises ‘The Last Broadcast’ and all that it stands for. ‘Pounding’ is a modern classic that burns with a longing uplifting vibe. I’ve heard that Doves toured with The Strokes prior to releasing this album. If they did, you can hear shades of them within the confines of this song. Apparently written about the Hacienda, and seizing the time, ‘Pounding starts with – you guessed it – pounding drums. A solitary beat that pierces straight ...

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...The eagerly-anticipated follow-up, ‘The Last Broadcast’, was released in 2002 .. but does it live up to the hype and expectations? I bought this album recently on a recommendation from a friend, who has similar musical tastes to myself. Doves are in a genre of their own really, which could be described as ‘melodious indie britpop’ or something. Anyway, let’s talk about the album. The packaging of the album is unusual to say the least. The front ...
...album has twelve tracks, which last about 55 minutes. This means that most tracks are around five minutes long. You might expect this to get a little tedious and boring, but as Doves are constantly warping and re-inventing their sound it’s simply not a problem. Here’s the tracks: 1. Intro (1.19) It’s .. well .. an intro. But a nice intro. It consists of a steady beat, which on closer listening is not so steady but wavers quite a lot. It’s calm ...

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The gravity of Doves last album (2000) was enough to rescue more that a few lost souls who believed that challenging alternative music had died. Its scope was far reaching, the core melodies were intricate and uplifting even if the album espoused a deep melancholy. It is one of the great debuts and will still be spoken about in hushed tones by your children. Living up to such accomplishments often hinders second comings. Radical debuts are often ...
...creativity. Not so here. 'The Last Broadcast' sees Doves change tact a little, the vocals are now shared between Jimi Goodwin and Jez Williams lending a delicate-ever-changing subtlety to proceedings. Sean O'Hagan, formerly of Microdisney and still a partial member of Stereolab, has joined the fray on arrangements fitting in tuneful obscurities that very often illuminate Doves sound. If you could imagine 'Lost Souls' as a smouldering piece of artistry ...

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...of winners). 'The Last Broadcast' clearly has a lot to live up to, and so it is not surprising that the band decided to take a slightly different take this time around. Not that this is immediately evident, opening track imaginatively titled 'Intro' is the close brother of 'Lost Souls' curtain riser 'Firesuite'. A ghostly instrumental tinted with swathes of brooding synths and shiver inducing murmured sighs, which rather like 'Firesuite' pointlessly ...
...before breaking down into a last rush of verse-chorus where the vocals shoot up to sub falsetto heights before descending to the main hook one last time. The mix of influences here finally creates something original, albeit as a curiously endearing gestalt. Elsewhere however, the inspirations once again shine through clearly, so clearly Doves appear to be becoming a curious covers band producing original material. With 'N.Y' Doves have set their ...

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...this, their second album, The Last Broadcast. Already a contender for album of the year, in my view, this is a collaboration of two years work, putting together a well produced and well written album. The album begins with a short instrumental. Fading in, the band uses synthesisers, to create a very whirry and airy sounding introduction, before this fades back out into Words. Words is a very upbeat song and begins with hand claps and distinctive ...
...don’t mind if this don’t last forever”. The song sojourns for a guitar solo over the drums and bass. After a brief respite during the middle eight, the bridge and chorus are repeated, finally before the coda is played out. The Last Broadcast, the album’s title track, has a happy wanderer feel to it, and is very light to listen to, the verse builds up slowly before all the instruments are playing for the chorus: “So here ...

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...my favourite bands over the last 4 or 5 years would have to be Doves. They were playing at Reading Festival the first year we went and since then I’ve always liked them. The debut album was good and after a couple of years Doves returned with this the second album. Just after its release, Doves were put up for the Mercury Music prize and although they didn’t win it, it certainly showed the calibre of the album. It was going to be a good year for ...
...at my first Reading Festival was who they were. They’d actually been together for about 10 years before their debut album as Doves. The new Indie feel was a total change of direction for Jimi and the Williams brothers. They had already made a name for themselves in the early 90’s as dance act Sub Sub. They had enjoyed chart success with “Aint No Love, Aint No Use” but it wasn’t what they really wanted to be doing. They decided on the new direction ...

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