Constellations for the Lonely

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Constellations for the Lonely
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Studio album by
Released14 February 2025 (2025-02-14)
Recorded2020–2024
StudioFrank Bough Sound III, Cheshire
Label EMI North
Producer
Doves chronology
The Universal Want
(2020)
Constellations for the Lonely
(2025)
Singles from Constellations for the Lonely
  1. "Renegade"
    Released: 4 November 2024

Constellations for the Lonely is the upcoming sixth studio album by British rock band Doves. The album is set to be released by EMI North, the band's first for the label, on 14 February 2025. [1] Described by the band as a "dark" album, guitarist/singer Jez Williams said in an interview with NME , "We're living in pretty fucking horrible times, so we wanted to reflect that but give a little hope. [...] I see this as a future soul album for outsiders. We want you to feel understood." [1]

Contents

Background

Constellations for the Lonely follows over four years since the trio's comeback album The Universal Want and the cancelled proposed tour to support the album in 2020 and 2021. Singer/bassist Jimi Goodwin had been struggling with mental health and substance abuse issues, which prompted the band to cancel all remaining promotion for the album whilst Goodwin sought treatment. [1] In an interview with NME, Goodwin said that there was "a loose thread that kicked the record off," with album opener and first single "Renegade" being the first thing the band recorded together for the album. Goodwin told NME, "In our minds, it's got a Blade Runner -esque theme. It was inspired by the Roy Batty speech of how nothing lasts forever, you know, 'I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.'" [1] Jez Williams furthered, "This is quite a dark album. We started to write it after we cancelled The Universal Want tour, so some of the songs reflect that. We wanted 'Renegade' to start with this apocalyptic atmosphere. That's what felt right for us after such a difficult time. Jimi was with us, but we were trying to make sense of all the mess – and that fed into the album." [1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jez Williams, Jimi Goodwin, and Andy Williams.

Constellations for the Lonely track listing [1] [2]
No.TitleLength
1."Renegade"5:11
2."Cold Dreaming" 
3."In the Butterfly House" 
4."Strange Weather" 
5."A Drop in the Ocean" 
6."Last Year's Man" 
7."Stupid Schemes" 
8."Saint Teresa" 
9."Orlando" 
10."Southern Bell" 

Release history

Release history and formats for Constellations for the Lonely
CountryDateLabelFormatCatalogue #Notes
Various14 February 2025 EMI North CDEMINCD2
LPEMINV2
Marble-white-coloured LPDoves' webstore exclusive
Cassette
Orange-coloured LPEMINVY2Independent record stores exclusive

Notes

  1. Additional production.

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