Django Django have announced their sixth album, Doveland, which will be out November 6 via Clouds Hill. It’s their first for the label and was produced by former Franz Ferdinand guitarist Nick McCarthy and composer Pollyester. The album also features contributions from Max Pope and Hak Baker.
More on the album from the band: “In early 2024 we started discussing an idea for a new album, moved to a new label, did a lot of writing in the Scottish Highlands and Mexico, recorded in the German countryside and toured with Africa Express throughout Latin America & Europe.”
They continue: “Doveland came from a story Dave found online which described an urban myth about a town that no one was sure actually existed, but people remembered being there. It sparked an idea for making a soundtrack and a movie. In the end we didn’t make the movie which wasn’t the important bit (maybe some day….) but the idea gave us inspiration for the type of record and songs we wanted to make. Importantly we wanted to strip everything back and go back to basics.”
The first single is the windswept, string-laden “Cameos.” Says bassist Jimmy Dixon, “Like a lot of the album, the lyrics are much more inward looking and about journeying through grief and how important people are only there for part of your story.” It’s a nice return and you can listen below.
Doveland
1. Meteorite
2. Cameos
3. Still Life
4. Little Me (ft. Hak Baker)
5. Year Of The Snake
6. Quicksand
7. Left Adrift
8. So Heavy
9. Bird Song
10. Indigo Road
11. Dirty Hotel Blues
12. Feel Alright (ft. Max Pope)