Comments on: Doves “Kingdom of Rust” Review

By: Comic Book Guy

Comic Book Guy — Wed, 13 May 2009 23:45:14 +0000

Brilliant 4th offering from Doves and will be high up in the end of year best of reviews.

I think it will be a slow burner and will eventually filter through to the more commerical end of the album buying market, like that of Elbow last year.

Their outstanding live performance on tour, festivals and on various media forms will only go to help.

Album highlights:

10:03
Winter Hill
Compulsion
The Outsiders.

9/10.

By: solace

solace — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:34:29 +0000

you think so? they’ve already been nominated twice before… i guess we’ll see what the rest of the year holds for UK releases, so far still waiting for one to truly blow me away from over there (loved Glasvegas but that was last year)

their show at the Varsity will be killer though, no question.

By: craig

craig — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:33:25 +0000

All good songs Solace. Still early, the album just been released this month, but I’ll be surprised if Doves make a comparable advance
this year compared to what Elbow accomplished last (Mercury Prize, Best British Group at the Brits, etc.) This release should get Doves another Mercury Prize nomination.

By: solace

solace — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:48:05 +0000

focus on 10:03, The Outsiders, Winter Hill, & The Greatest Denier i’d say, that’s the strongest run on the record for me (all def much better than Jetstream i think).

By: solace

solace — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:47:05 +0000

Elbow’s latest definitely tops this one, no question, but based on the strength of Doves first 2 records and to a lesser extent, Some Cities, and their live show, they’re still my fave UK act of the 00′s

both are killer bands and vastly underrated in America tho, no question.

this is my least fave Doves record, but i’d still give it a solid 7.5/10, if only for the first 6 songs alone.

Jetstream actually isn’t officially a single either Craig, it was just the first song they released online as an mp3. the first single is the title track.

By: craig

craig — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:42:56 +0000

Sorry, make that last Elbow release “The Seldom Seen Kid”.

By: craig

craig — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:37:04 +0000

Have now listened to this release twice. Classic Doves sound and “Jetstream” is a fine single but for myself does not contain the highs that appear on their previous albums. Agree with Erik that this will probably not garner alot of new fans for the band.
Perhaps unfair but its hard for me not to compare this against Elbow and their latest “Leaders of the Free World”, their Manchester contemporaries. Elbow took about a year less between releases, took more chances, more ambitious, and they have been reaping the rewards, both commercially and critically, over the past year.

By: Chris DeLine

Chris DeLine — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:11:33 +0000

Pretty cool video covering the making of the album.