Doves - The Universal WantIn a tumultuous 2020, the re emergence of Doves with new music has provided a shaft of light in an otherwise brooding sky, finally landing their fifth album, The Universal Want, after an eleven year artistic break, on Fri 11 September 2020. The equally ecstatic and relieved response from fans and critics to the first track to emerge, Carousels, during the final, confusing throws of the UK and Europes strict lockdown in June, proved how desperately

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" And he's completely right - it's as a whole that 'Whorl' comes to life and really opens up its secrets and surprises

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 A classic album from 1991 that still defines post rock

'The combination of all their previous work and a steady live band has come together to form the great Henge Beat LP

added to by their lo-fi quality – with many recordings made in rudimentary studios with only a couple of mics for the entire band

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from colorful dance floor-ready percussion pieces that stand somewhere between proto-techno and experimental synth-pop

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the smooth and sexy "Tell Me A Bedtime Story" and the beautiful ballads "Maiden Voyage" and "Harvest Time"