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| | Doves - The Last Broadcast - Stylus Magazine |
 | | From the dense submarine pinging of the introduction to the sweeping electrified balladry of the closing “Caught By The River,” The Last Broadcast is at once relaxing and exhilarating; the epochal background music to front porch gatherings, or the ethereal world created for your solitary moments, depending on the need. |
 | | The Last Broadcast show the British act at the top of their game, and considerably more at ease, improving upon the often emotionally restrained, color-by-numbers feel of their debut, Lost Souls. |
 | | The leadoff single, the irrepressible “There Goes The Fear,” is nearly seven minutes in length, but floats by on a jaunty acoustic guitar refrain, uncharacteristically sunny lyrics and interweaving vocal harmonies that are the very definition of bittersweet. |
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