To celebrate twelve years since Doves formed and to chronicle a career to inspire envy- with two Mercury nominated albums and worldwide sales of over 2 million- the band will release their definitive collection, The Places Between: The Best of Doves on April 20, 2010. To coincide with this release a new single, "Andalucía" will be released on April 6, 2010."Andalucía" was recorded in the barn in Cheshire, England where last year’s critically heralded Kingdom of Rust was recorded. Much of Doves body of work is an ode to the north of England but this song appears to tell of warmer pastures. The song surges towards its rousing final chorus with orchestration colliding with a tender vocal from Jimi Goodwin. "Andalucía" stands alongside Doves finest work and will no doubt seamlessly sit amongst classics such as "Black And White Town", "Kingdom Of Rust" and "There Goes The Fear".
The Places Between: The Best of Doves will be released on April 20 as a deluxe 3 disc package comprising 2 CDs featuring 34 tracks plus a DVD with all of the Doves' videos. There will be 3 digital versions available: a single component 15-track version, a 2-component 34 track version (there will be an iTunes deluxe version featuring 35 tracks), and a digital video album.
On April 6 the Doves' new track, "Andalucía" will be available as a digital download single which includes an unavailable elsewhere acoustic version of "Jetstream".