They were nominated for the Mercury Music Prize for their debut album Lost Souls and their second, The Last Broadcast.

Keen to nail it this time, guitar-toting rock trio Doves have just released hotly-anticipated album number three, Some Cities.

"The album is another twist and turn of us as songwriters," says lead man Jimi Goodwin.

"It's three years on from the last one, and naturally things change, but I felt no real pressure from outside this time - you're doomed if you start thinking about current trends or anticipating what people might want.

"Our own barometer is enough and we take our music that seriously that hopefully nothing gets past us."

Produced by Ben Hillier, the man behind Blur's critically-acclaimed Think Tank, Jimi says all they set out to do initially with Some Cities was to make it a bit more soulful.

The work was written in the shadow of the dramatic and sweeping landscapes of Snowdonia and the Peak District, where they rented a van and hired a cottage to get a bit of fresh air and focus.

The theme of the release, though, was more city orientated.

"It is really about Manchester and our experiences of coming home after being away so much in the last six years.

"Ben was great to work with - he's dead experimental like us and very quick as well which is great because left to our own devices we just tinker and tinker and over-egg the pudding."

Jimi met the Williams twins Andy (drums) and Jez (guitar and keyboards) in Wilmslow when they were all just 15.

"We're like family. Obviously there are days when we bicker but it's always about the music," Jimi laughs.

"Andy and Jez are quite different but they're naturally very close - you see this connection between them and they tend to just agree instinctively on things.

"They got all their rivalry out their systems when they were about 11 and they're very mellow people - I'm the neurotic one."

The childhood buddies' first incarnation was Sub Sub, an electronic outfit which spawned the 1993 dancefloor sensation Aint No Love (Aint No Use).

"We were lucky to have had Sub Sub to prepare us for the Doves. We made loads of mistakes and it was a learning curve, but as with all the best bands that I've grown up loving there's a real chemistry and a dynamic.

"Because we come from an electronic background, we still sample scratchy old film scores and we have a great love of ambient and film music. That stuff comes really naturally to us."

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