Doves on ‘Kingdom Of Rust’
Jimi Goodwin and Andy Williams talk to John Kennedy about the making of their fourth album, ‘Kingdom Of Rust’.
Jimi and Andy popped in to see John Kennedy ahead of the release of their fourth album ‘Kingdom Of Rust’. For almost an hour they spoke about writing the songs, the creative dynamic within the band, about balancing rock’n’roll with their families and much, much more.
It’s all here to listen again. If we were you, we’d break out the kettle, get some biscuits and settle down. It’s quite an interview…
Listen To Part 1 – The band talk about their influences and what they’ve learnt from the making of the record.
Listen To Part 2 – Jimi and Andy talk about their working habits, the time scale of the album and how they recorded it.
Listen To Part 3 – Here, the pair talk about the influences behind ‘Jet Stream’ and the “Lancastrian Spaghetti Western” feel of ‘Kingdom Of Rust’.
Listen To Part 4 – The band talk about getting noisy on the Karautrock influenced ‘The Outsiders’ and getting pastoral on ‘Winter Hill’.
Listen To Part 5 – Jimi and Andy talk about the influence of producer John Leckie and Chemical Brother Tom Rowlands on tracks like '10:03' and ‘The Greatest Denier’.
Listen To Part 6 – Here, they talk about the album’s “breathing point” with ‘Birds Flew Backwards’.
Listen To Part 7 – ‘Spellbound’ and ‘Compulsion’ get the once over and absent guitarist Jez Williams gets some serious praise.
Listen To Part 8 - In the final part of the interview, Jimi and Andy talk about ‘House Of Mirrors’ and ‘Lifelines’.
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