CD Review: Doves, "Some Cities" (Capitol)

On their third album, Manchester trio Doves have created another collection of ambitious songs that combine sophisticated pop atmospherics with dashes of intimate moments.

However, this time around, the songs cross into somewhat new territory, with a more personal and stripped-down approach that's a break from their typical menu of soaring melodies. The results are nothing short of brilliant.

The personal atmosphere is set with the title track's opening line, "Think I might have met you before/I think it's time we settled a score/Buildings there they stretch so tall/it's steel and brick no more."

For the avid Doves fan, songs like "Snowden," with its angelic chorale background, and the marching piano-and-drums of "Black and White Town," will sound like nothing's changed. It's the quieter songs like the acoustic "Someday Soon" and the subtle symphonic arrangements in "The Storm" that will surely raise enlightened eyebrows.

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