New Doveman - "Chasing Clouds" (And With My Left Hand I Raise The Dead Album Art)

No question, Thomas Bartlett is one of the most impressive figures in music right now. Although his erudite track reviews for the now defunct Salon Audiofile column are sorely missed, Dove's compensated by contributing one of the most celebrated OKX tracks (the whispering rearrangement of "Airbag") and embracing his role as the go-to 'scene' session player, lending his ivories to Yoko, to the National, to Antony, to David Byrne, to the Frames...

Now, he's set to follow-up the stunning Stereofave LP The Acrobat with the forthcoming release With My Left Hand I Raise The Dead, another candle-lit collection of ethereal, melancholic compositions. "Chasing Clouds" is the single of choice, a dreamer's gem lapping gently nuanced waves over a wistful, bittersweet melody. Lovely stuff, totally thesaurus.com worthy.

Doveman - "Chasing Clouds" (MP3)

And he's sorta dreamy.

Thomas has added a cool interstitial symphony of sorts to the LP, placing ambient, tinkling interludes between tracks to create a kind of "record-within-a-record." Bonus! Unfortunately there's no set release date for the record yet, but there's album art, so you know it can't be too far off. Take the jump to peep the With My Left Hand... cover.

Posted at 10:18 AM in MP3
Tags: Doveman

10 Comments

this guy needs some throat lozenges..

or some rock star sperm

Posted by: caleb at 07/27/07 11:38 AM  | Reply
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I'd still do him.

Posted by: Matt at 07/27/07 2:37 PM  | Reply
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mmmm where's the coveR?

Posted by: Phil at 07/27/07 4:04 PM  | Reply
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black and white makes everyone look dreamy.

not as dreamy here---> http://www.liepaper.com/thomas.htm

but, still a little tasty.

and i dig the music. i win!

Posted by: jessiedoll61 at 07/27/07 4:53 PM  | Reply
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Yeah, I'd say that's just a good picture of him. Not bad though.

Posted by: Z at 07/27/07 5:32 PM  | Reply
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big fan of this guys tunes

Posted by: satisfied75 at 07/27/07 5:48 PM  | Reply
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I can't wait to hear the new album. Thomas is one of the hardest working guys in show business. He plays in about five bands in addition to creating his own music. And he is as original as he is prolfic. Check out his keyboard work:

The National's 'Start A War'

http://www.myspace.com/thenational

Sam Amidon's 'Tribulation'

Or Clouds

http://www.myspace.com/thenational

Posted by: dudeasincool at 07/27/07 5:51 PM  | Reply
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Sorry for the error above - the boards here have been testy today.

Sam Amidon's 'Tribulation'

http://www.myspace.com/samamidon

Or Walk On

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImizQoLLi8E

Posted by: dudeasincool at 07/27/07 5:55 PM  | Reply
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I miss Thomas on the now-defunct Audiofile!

Lame as the decision was to unceremoniously shut it down, I suppose it needed to be put out of it's misery since he left.

Posted by: wendy at 07/27/07 7:09 PM  | Reply
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Very nice. Love me some Doveman whenever possible. But haven't we heard "Chasing Clouds" before? Why yes, yes we have: in a different arrangement, it's Track 2 on "The Acrobat."

So this curious reader wants to know: what's with the repetition?

Posted by: MrBibichon at 07/28/07 2:15 PM  | Reply
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