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Guardian-blog:
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But just as the hares seem to be running away with the race again, another pop tortoise is emerging from hibernation to be the exception that proves the rule. Doves' new album Kingdom of Rust has been four years in the making. As usual, there have been hints of crisis behind the scenes – family bereavement, domestic and personal upheaval and a struggle to write songs as good as those on 2005's Some Cities. However, the Cheshire trio have returned with their best-ever album, and is surely a contender for album of the year. Although a four-year gestation risks losing impetus and sounding – as did Chinese Democracy – like an album glued together from several eras, Kingdom of Rust comes across as the work of a band who have simply kept plugging away until they had a classic. The time off has allowed them the luxury of experimentation – songs reference everything from Hawkwind to U2 to Northern Soul. Perhaps the most unusual track is Compulsion, a marvellous extended funk workout which sounds – I kid you not – like Blondie's Rapture youtube link being covered by LCD Soundsystem. When I played it to my girlfriend yesterday she was dumbfounded: "That is Doves?!"
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Ik ben echt heel benieuwd.