Kingdom of Rust
I’m really, really excited about this record — and for once, it looks like my anticipation may not be in vain. I also downloaded the new Pet Shop Boys today, so we’ll see what I think of that.
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Kingdom Of Rust
Another Doves remix
Yet another Doves remix to download — this one is a remix of “Kingdom Of Rust”, courtesy of the NME from a week or so ago. (As a bonus, the NME also posted that Sub Sub video. They seemed a lot less somber in those days.) The remix is very electronic, cutting out most everything except the vocals, and burying all traces of the original version’s hooks — and in the process taking out much of the emotional punch. Kind of monotonous, actually. But what the hell, it’s not like they’re not giving it to us for free, right?
Speaking of Doves, picked up my tickets to see them in May at the Fillmore. Yay me!
Kingdom Of Rust
Oh boy! Via Stereogum, the video for “Kingdom Of Rust”, the title track off the fourth Doves album. The first few seconds confused me a bit — what the fuck is this, a sea shanty?!? — but nope, it’s definitely another Doves epic. A good one, based on two listens.
Jetstream
So, the new Doves album finally has a name, Kingdom of Rust
If you can’t wait that long, you can sign up for the band’s mailing list off their homepage and download an MP3 of the album’s first cut, “Jetstream”. Or so I’m told … I signed up over a half hour ago and still haven’t received the sign up confirmation email, so I tracked the song down elsewhere on the Internet.
So how does it sound? Awesome. A pulsing insistent electric beat over the band’s usual atmospheric soundscapes. You can really hear the band’s background in dance music here, with the slow build-up in intensity over the course of the song until the guitars finally show up in earnest in the last minute. Man I can’t wait for this fucking album.
