The Doves Finally Get New Album Going

The Doves have finally kick started their new album after relocating to the Peak District for a few months.

The band had been struggling to get the follow-up to last year’s ‘Some Cities’ going since Summer, but have now happily announced they will return to the studio in February after a successful writing trip.

They write on their website, “For anyone under the impression that we’ve been sitting back holidaying/taking it easy, they’d be mistaken, we’ve been grafting hard for the last few months, writing lots & lots of songs/music, last month we relocated temporarily to a cottage in the Peak District, Derbyshire for a change from our regular M56 studio & it's done us a lot of good, creatively that is.

“This record has required a little more writing & work to find a direction, something that feels new to us, that’s just the way it us sometimes, but thank f**k we’re getting there now.

“We’re hoping to get in the studio proper Feb '07 to record these songs fast (that’s the plan anyway) & we’re aiming, all being well, for summer/autumn 2007 release.”