Doves start work on new material at a farm studio near Manchester

Doves have started work on material for a new album, and have been writing about the process on their website. The band, who are setting up a studio on a farm near Manchester, say: "We've been in there for a couple of weeks now mainly setting gear up and ironing out our usual technical problems! The idea is to record everything here and maybe mix elsewhere and produce the record ourselves, but knowing us lot, that could all change if we get sick of the smell of cow shit on the farm! It's very early days so don't expect anything too soon, but there's loads of ideas kicking around and we're all well excited about where we're going to go on this one."