- 2024-11-05
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MUSIC
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Doves Announces New Album “Constellations For The Lonely”, Shares New Song “Renegade”
British alt-rock band Doves, consisting of Jez Williams (guitar/vocals), Jimi Goodwin (lead vocals/bass guitar) and Andy Williams (drums), is back.
The band has announced their sixth studio album “Constellations For The Lonely” will be released on February 14, 2025 via EMI North.
The album is their first body of work in five years since the 2020 album “The Universal Want”.
From the album, the band released the first single called “Renegade” on November 4, 2024.
The track was written and produced by Doves. The accompanying music video was directed by Hingston Studio.
The band drummer Andy Williams said of the song, “Looking at everyone's lives over recent years, and considering the news at the moment, 'Renegade' feels a lot more loaded in retrospect. We wanted to go for a dystopian feel, thinking about Manchester itself over the next century or so. A totally imaginary thing... Blade Runner set in our home city.”- The new album comprises 10 songs, produced by Doves and Dan Austin. The band made the album with longtime studio collaborator Dan Austin during lockdown after the release of “The Universal Want”.
The band lead singer Jimi Goodwin said of the album, “It's been a godsend, working remotely. It really suited the dynamic. From back when we were Sub Sub, we went into the studio every day, morning to evening, religiously, even if it was shit. When it goes right, there's no better feeling, but we don't have to traipse down to the same building day after day to get that anymore. Listening to this album again just recently, it sounds fabulous.” -
The band completed the album last year. Jimi Goodwin told NME about the album, “We've always been notoriously slow, but we've been sat on this album for a year. For us, that's ridiculous. To be sitting on material that was signed off and in the can and the year ago and to only have it coming out next year is a massive achievement for Doves.”
Photo by Brian Stevens - source : Apple Music
