Flight to the heavens.Byline: GAVIN MARTIN DOVES Kingdom Of Rust It has been four years since Doves released an album and while they've been away, fellow Mancs Elbow have muscled in on their brand of uplifting melancholy. But Kingdom Of Rust recaptures and significantly extends the band's gameplan. The gloomy but heartfelt title track establishes the record's mood and musical edge, while the songs that surround it confirm that Doves have not been lying idly by or resting on their laurels. The bristling and urgent 10:03 strengthens their grip on widescreen rock with a train ride into the murky recesses of the soul, while Birds Flew Backwards unfurls its forlorn, string-laden sorrow with style and substance to spare. There's clamour clam·our n. & v. Chiefly British Variant of clamor. clamour or US clamor Noun 1. a loud protest 2. and spooky sound effects sound effects Noun, pl sounds artificially produced to make a play, esp. a radio play, more realistic sound effects npl → efectos mpl sonoros woven into the furious hard rock of House Of Mirrors. Psychedelia psy·che·de·li·a n. The subculture associated with psychedelic drugs. Noun 1. psychedelia - the subculture of users of psychedelic drugs from the dark side of town, it's a song where doubt and dissolving identity are common bedfellows. Kingdom Of Rust maps out foreboding and fearsome territory, but even in the album's most punishing moments (Lifelines) the trio find a way to fly free.. |
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