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Genre:
Rock
Release Date: 10/17/2000
Hailing from the scene that brought the defining sounds of
the Smiths,
the Stone Roses,
Oasis,
James, and the
Charlatans UK,
Doves is another Brit-pop band playing around with depressing lyrical imagery and embryonic soundscapes that made the Mancunian circuit so popular throughout the '80s and '90s. Gloriously basking in the ethereal ones before them, their debut
Lost Souls is a shoegazing twist of emotional bliss. Music hasn't sounded so heavenly since
Radiohead and
The Verve.
The dozen-track look into streaming psychedelia taps into melodic waves of love lorn and sadness, especially on songs like
"Rise" and
"Lost Souls." The mood rouses and the positive clamor of
"The Cedar Room" becomes the album's brassy anthem, very
Oasis-like. Frontman/bassist
Jimi Goodwin drools like a swooning
Damon Albarn during
"Here It Comes" and whooshing guitar licks from
Jez Williams recall the sounds of
Noel Gallagher.
NME boldly claims it as the best debut album since
Definitely Maybe. They're onto something good. If only
Liam and
Noel could calm down a bit and find that mesmerizing nature once again. [In October 2000,
Lost Souls was issued in America on
Astralwerks with three added bonus tracks not included on the original version].
~MacKenzie Wilson, All Music Guide
;)
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