There Goes The Fear

Typical of the enigmatic Doves to temper their potentially triumphant return to the fray by

deleting their comeback single after just one day, but There Goes The Fear is still a grandiose effort – weighing in at a radio busting seven minutes, ebbing and flowing through more musical and emotional extremes than the rest of the acts on this page put together before fading to an unexpected samba band rhythm.

Distilling their hometown Manchester’s finest qualities – the groove of the Roses, the Smiths’ pathos, New Order’s crystal clear production – into their own, unique whole, this is another heart swelling effort in line with their best work and marks their Last Broadcast album as one of the most eagerly awaited of 2002.