Needles & Grooves

wokeupnew

I wouldn’t say they’re that similar different language, different genres. Maybe a couple of songs sound the same here and there

Hollywood

Nah one is post-rock and the other is post-Britpop

wokeupnew

You make a good point though, and it made me have a think about it. I would label Sigur Ros post-rock but I think they've written more just straightforward rock songs than they have post-rock songs now.

Corycm

Now I guess I have to listen to Doves and see what this is all about.

Mather

Labels be damned. The song structures and melodies are strikingly similar to me.
I CAN SAY ASSUREDLY WITH ABSOLUTELY ZERO HYPERBOLE THAT THEY ARE EXACTLY THE SAME IN EVERY WAY EXCEPT FOR THE LANGUAGE THING

wokeupnew

LOL, hang on, this entire time I kept reading Doves as Dawes. I don't think I've ever listened to Doves.

Mather

WHAT THE HELL BRO, FIRST TWO ALBUMS IMMEDIATELY

Joe Mac

Dunno, doves have never reminded me of whale song in quite the same way as the nature documentary soundtrack artists from Iceland have…

debianlinux

Apparently the only Sigur Ros I've heard is ambient or ambient adjacent and has no characteristics I would ascribe to Doves. I know I've heard at least 3 Sigur Ros albums and every single Doves album.

Mather

I've only listened to the one with the baby on the cover and the one with the naked people and although I EXPECTED ambient, they both had a heck of a lot of Dovesy sounding Dovesness.

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Andy

This was what the Doves song structure sounded like before they heard Sigur Ros

Mather

Good point. "Doves sounds like Sigur Ros" it is, then.

jamieanderson1968

But the bigger question: do they both sound like Steely Dan?

Mather

Get.

Out.

Dirtbag Auntie

I’m sorry I cannot read this status update, it’s not in Hopeslandic.

dansomeone

I'm going to have to listen to some more Doves and Sigur, because what I've heard does not support that connection

Mather

Look. I'm right and you're all wrong. I'm just going to need all of you to accept this.

Corycm

Suggest a doves album to listen to you ol’ cattle rustlers you ol’ so and so

Mather

Lost Souls or Last Broadcast, or both. I like all of them but those are probably the best ones. And their albums aren't necessarily front loaded. Some of the best tracks tend to be on later sides too.

Joe Mac

Yeah those two. I prefer Lost Souls as a single piece but Last Broadcast is a really strong album too and probably has most of the “hits” with “There Goes The Fear”, “Satellites” and, of course “Pounding”.