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Doves announce <i>Kingdom of Rust</i> details and "Jetstream" free download

12:00 p.m. · January 28, 2009 · by Andria Spring

Manchester's Doves have finished work on their first album in four years, Kingdom of Rust, and announced that it will be released in the US on April 7.

As a taster for the follow-up to 2005's Some Cities, the band has made  album opener, "Jetstream," available for download from the Doves website, where they describe the track as "an imaginary song for the closing credits on Ridley Scott's classic [Blade Runner]".

Doves' frontman, Jimi Goodwin, told Billboard.com that "Jetstream" is a "nod to our electronic past." The nod is, however, quite discreet and doesn't exactly take Doves back to their Sub Sub roots. Fans looking forward to Goodwin's hoarse vocals might be a tad disappointed, as "Jetstream" is sung by bassist Jez Williams. Goodwin assures fans that there is no dramatic departure in store come April though, "Everyone talks about fucking departures, but this album is hopefully just Doves doing what they do really well -- which is nicely crafted songs."

Track list:

01. Jetsream

02. Kingdom of Rust

03. The Outsiders

04. Winter Hill

05. 10.03

06. The Greatest Denier

07. Bird Flew Backward

08. Spellbound

09. Compulsion

10. House of Mirrors

11. Lifelines