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Doves: 1998–present

The band released three EPs in 1998 and 1999 which established the group's new sound and met with a warm critical response.

Their debut album Lost Souls in April 2000 was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize, which they lost to fellow Mancunian and former frontman Badly Drawn Boy.

Doves' second album The Last Broadcast was released two years later, reaching #1 in the UK album chart, and was again nominated for the Mercury Music Prize. This record contained the single "There Goes the Fear," which reached #3 in the UK singles chart despite only being released for one day before it was deleted. In 2003, the band released a B-sides compilation, Lost Sides, and a DVD entitled Where We're Calling From. The DVD included all of their music videos to date, as well as incidental videos played before the start of their Lost Souls and The Last Broadcast tours. Also on the DVD was a live concert video of the band's gig at Cornwall's Eden Project, recorded in Summer 2002.

Doves recorded Some Cities, their third studio album, away from urban influences, and in cottages tucked away in the countryside of Snowdonia, Darlington, and around Loch Ness. "Lyrically, the theme of cities and towns and change started cropping up a lot... which was strange because we were recording and writing in the countryside, but it started taking this real urban shape," says Jimi Goodwin.Some Cities was released in February 2005 and went straight to #1 in the UK albums chart, aided by some of the strongest reviews they had received to date. The album was preceded by the single "Black and White Town," which reached #6 in the UK singles chart. The song "Black and White Town" was inspired by the social divide in their home town of Wilmslow. On June 18, 2005, the band opened for U2 at Twickenham Stadium in London. They also supported Oasis at the City of Manchester Stadium on their triumphant return to Manchester, and Coldplay at the JJB Stadium in Bolton, both during their respective 2005 tours.

The band's fourth album, Kingdom of Rust, is set for release on April 6, 2009. The title track "Kingdom of Rust" will be the album's first single, set for release on March 30th. Prior to the new releases, Doves offered a free download of the album's lead track "Jetstream" on their website. On January 27, 2009 the band announced a week's worth of tour dates from March 12-19, in which new album tracks will be debuted. The eleven songs on the album have been described by Jez Williams as "schizophrenic, but... also strangely cohesive