You could be sitting next to me and I wouldn't know it

Bit of a change of pace here, and not before time. As much a fan of heavy metal in all it's guises (well, most of it's guises) I am, I do also enjoy a lot more besides.

So here, in a continuation of the Best of 2000s series I've got Doves' debut album, Lost Souls. This has got to be one of my all time favourite albums, it's got a brilliant mix of up tempo indie rock in the form of Catch The Sun and Rise along with some mellow, chilled out acoustic numbers like Break Me Gently and The Man Who Told The World; there's even some lounge jazz elements to Firesuite. The real gem of a track, however, has got to be Cedar Room. It's a 7 minute epic of haunting beauty that, no matter how often I hear, never gets tired. The chorus is chilling and, for some reason, strikes such a chord with me that the first time I heard it on the radio (it was the first single released from the album) I rushed out to get the album. It also has greater sentimental meaning than that to me and will forever be up there in my imaginary 'All time Favourite Songs.'

I'm aware that I've not spoken a great deal about this album in comparison to most of my other posts, but for some reason words just aren't flowing at the moment. Don't let that reflect upon the album in any way at all as it's a goddam stonker!

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And I tried to sleep alone
But I couldn't do it
You could be sitting next to me
And I wouldn't know it
If I told you you were wrong
I don't remember saying