Doves

Mancunian indie rock trio Doves have garnered acclaim for their soaring melodicism, melding electronic dance undercurrents with rousing guitars, synths, and symphonic textures. They rose to power in the early 2000s amid a wave of engaging post-Brit-pop acts like Elbow, Starsailor, and Coldplay, earning a Mercury Prize nomination right out of the gate for their 2000 debut, then proceeding to top the U.K. charts with their next two albums, 2002's The Last Broadcast and 2005's Some Cities. Doves' popularity continued through the end of the decade, after which they took most of th...