Doves are back and will release their sixth album, Constellations For The Lonely, on February 14 via EMI North. Jimi Goodwin, Andy and Jez Williams began working on the record shortly after the release of 2020’s The Universal Want, writing and recording in lockdown with longtime studio collaborator Dan Austin.
“It’s been a godsend, working remotely,” says Goodwin of making the album. “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 first single is “Renegade,” which has Doves’ signature widescreen scope. “Looking at everyone’s lives over recent years, and considering the news at the moment, ‘Renegade’ feels a lot more loaded in retrospect,” says Andy. “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.”
Watch the video below.
Constellations For The Lonely
Renegade
Cold Dreaming
In The Butterfly House
Strange Weather
A Drop In The Ocean
Last Year’s Man
Stupid Schemes
Saint Teresa
Orlando
Southern Bell