Doves (band)
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Doves are an English
Doves went on hiatus in 2010. During this time, Goodwin released his first solo album, Odludek (2014), while the Williams brothers regrouped as Black Rivers. In December 2018, Doves announced they were ending their hiatus by performing for the Teenage Cancer Trust at London's Royal Albert Hall on 29 March 2019. Further festivals, including some dates with Noel Gallagher, were subsequently announced. The band released two new songs: "Carousels" and "Prisoners", in June and July 2020 respectively. Their fifth studio album The Universal Want was released in September 2020.[11][12]
History
Formation as Sub Sub (1991–1998)
The Williams brothers and Goodwin met at
Lost Souls and The Last Broadcast 1998–2003
The band released three
Doves' second album The Last Broadcast was released two years later, reaching No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart, and was again nominated for the Mercury Music Prize. The album's first single "There Goes the Fear" became the band's highest-charting single to date, reaching No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart[18] despite only being released for one day before it was deleted. The album's second single "Pounding" reached No. 21 on the Singles Chart[18] and was used in the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics With Glowing Hearts/Des Plus Brillants Exploits advertisement campaign and in pre-event intros.
In 2003, the band released a
Some Cities and Kingdom of Rust (2003–2009)
Doves recorded
The band's fourth album,
The band's first best of compilation, entitled The Places Between: The Best of Doves was released on 5 April 2010.[3]
An interview with the band regarding their history and Jodrell Bank performance was posted on The Guardian's website on 4 April 2010.[22] Doves toured the UK throughout May 2010,[23] and performed at the Isle of Wight Festival 2010.[24]
Hiatus and side projects (2010–2018)
The band took a break from recording in 2010, according to an interview with The Daily Record.[25][26] Jimi Goodwin stated: "It's nice just to have a bit of breathing space... We just wanted to get off that whole album-tour-album-tour treadmill. None of us are ready to face going into the studio for another two years. This is wiping the slate clean, we have nothing else in the vaults now. That is it. Whatever we do from now on will be a new start."
On 2 October 2012, EMI International released a Doves anthology titled 5 Album Set featuring all four studio albums from Lost Souls to Kingdom of Rust and the 2003 re-issue of Lost Sides.[27]
In March 2014, Jimi Goodwin released his first solo album, entitled
Reformation and The Universal Want (2018–2021)
At the end of 2018 the band members announced a series of gigs for 2019 and a tentative plan to explore new music together. As the series neared conclusion, Doves posted on Facebook that the 31 August 2019 and 6 September 2019 shows would be the last two concerts until they completed their new album.[34]
On 18 June 2020, the band released their first new music in ten years with a song entitled "Carousels".[35] It and "Prisoners", released on 9 July, are from their new album, The Universal Want, which was released on 11 September 2020 and charted at number 1 in its first week.[11][12] In October 2021, the band cancelled their upcoming tour due to Goodwin's mental health, making a statement that "performing live isn't possible for us at this time or in the immediate future".[36]
Band members
- Jez Williams – guitar, vocals, percussion, programming
- Jimi Goodwin – lead vocals, bass guitar, acoustic guitar, samples, occasional drums
- Andy Williams– drums, vocals, percussion, harmonica, melodica, samples
- Touring and session musicians
- Martin Rebelski – keyboards
Discography
Studio albums
- Lost Souls (2000)
- The Last Broadcast (2002)
- Some Cities (2005)
- Kingdom of Rust (2009)
- The Universal Want (2020)
References
- ^ MacKenzie Wilson (1 March 2005). "Some Cities - Doves | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ^ "Brit What?". The Independent. 2 February 2003. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Doves - Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
- ^ Stuart Berman (15 April 2009). "Doves: Kingdom of Rust Album Review". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ^ Andrew Leahey. "Doves Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
- ^ MacKenzie Wilson. "Doves - Lost Souls". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
- ^ "Doves: The Last Broadcast (2002): Reviews". Metacritic. CNET Networks, Inc. Archived from the original on 30 July 2010. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
- ^ "Doves: Some Cities (2005): Reviews". Metacritic. CNET Networks, Inc. Archived from the original on 28 May 2010. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
- ^ "Doves: Kingdom of Rust (2009): Reviews". Metacritic. CNET Networks, Inc. Archived from the original on 12 April 2009. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
- ^ "BPI Searchable database – Gold and Platinum". BPI. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
- ^ a b Bloom, Madison (9 July 2020). "Doves announce first album in 11 years, share video for new song "Prisoners"". Pitchfork. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- ^ a b "Doves | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ "Doves Interview". Archived from the original on 13 November 2006.
- ^ "Macclesfield - News, views, gossip, pictures, video - Cheshire Live". Cheshire-live.co.uk. Archived from the original on 15 April 2009. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ a b Petridis, Alexis (17 April 2002). "Where did it all go right?". Arts.guardian.co.uk. London. Retrieved 7 April 2007.
- ^ "Doves Interview". Clashmusic.com. 7 April 2009. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
- ^ "Badly Drawn Boy interview". CNN. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2007.
- ^ The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
- ^ "Doves talk to Ukula". Ukula.com.
- ^ Doves announce comeback tour – NME.com, 27 January 2009
- ^ "BBC Electric Proms". Archived from the original on 22 September 2009. Retrieved 15 September 2009.
- ^ Bainbridge, Luke (4 April 2010). "Doves: "The band are splitting up? Nobody told me!"". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
- ^ "Doves – Gigography 2010". Archived from the original on 13 April 2010. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ "Isle of Wight Festival Line-up 2010". Archived from the original on 23 November 2010. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ Cadden, Avril (28 April 2010). "Doves plan to fly again following post-RockNess break". Dailyrecord.co.uk. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
- ^ "Doves set for 'two-year break from recording'". Nme.com. 28 April 2010. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
- ^ "Amazon.com item listing". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
- ^ Interview, The Independent, 23 January 2015.
- ^ Gig Review, Manchester Evening News, 31 July 2014
- ^ Review Archived 6 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine, Drowned in Sound
- ^ Review, The Telegraph
- ^ Staff Review, Sputnik Music
- ^ Review, The Irish Times
- ^ "Doves Facebook photo". Facebook.com. 31 August 2019. Archived from the original on 26 February 2022.
- ^ "Doves return with first single in 11 years, 'Carousels': "It's a mission statement"". Nme.com. 18 June 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ "Doves cancel tour due to singer Jimi Goodwin's mental health". BBC News. 22 October 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2021.