Doveman - Honey

Doveman
Honey

In beautiful hushed tones, the band Doveman leads us on a trail that’s been blazed somewhat by Earlimart and Lambchop before. But the vocal pathos in Doveman’s singer Thomas Bartlett on their song “Honey” is really awesome in it’s sad whispery ways. A side note: it’s weird, but when I said “Doveman” to myself a couple of times I kept hearing the word “Duffman”, the beer spokesman from the Simpsons. Boy, is this a light year and a half away from that.

The song moves along slowly with a simple highhat step keeping time. This could easily be part of the soundtrack for the ending credits of a indie detective movie where the hero is walking off into the blackness without the girl. Halfway through the song a really touching muted trumpet burps along with a bit of tinkling ivories in the background.

The other available track, “Teacup”, is just as wonderful though cut from a bit different musical cloth. It sounds a bit like Sparklehorse mixed with Air circa Moon Patrol. Simmering synths and drunken, distorted slide guitar make for great atmospherics here. Not quite electronic and not quite folksy either. Very, very cool…

Sample tracks from Doveman
Honey - Doveman
Teacup - Doveman

by Bryan