Doves return with their new album, Constellations For The Lonely on February 28th. Ahead of the UK trio’s release, the UK trio are sharing “Saint Teresa.”
Doves have added to a limited run of special, fan-focused events with three immersive Jodrell Bank Observatory album listening parties. Complete with atmospheric, spacey visual accompaniments, the band takes over the state-of-the-art First Light Pavilion at the astrophysics centre to premiere a specially commissioned 5.1 surround sound mix of Constellations For The Lonely this Thu 13 February 2025.

Initially generated by a late-night internet search by Jimi Goodwin, Saint Teresa finds Doves turning to the enigmas of religious history and bringing the story of Teresa of Ávila to their songbook. The 16th Century Spanish nun and reformer caught the band’s imagination after discovering that her burial, pre-canonisation, was interrupted. Following two, initial exhumations, numerous body parts were removed and taken to locations in Rome, Paris, Lisbon and elsewhere.

Goodwin says: “By keeping it to one side, we were able to reappraise it and make it better. Andy and Jez helped out with it and it’s great that it’s found a home. My Catholicism went out of the window years ago, but I love the iconography associated with the church. They put on a really good show. I identify with it all from my childhood. The story of Saint Teresa is fascinating.”

“Sometimes songs can be like a Rubik’s Cube,” adds Jez Williams. “You play with it but have to go back to it after a time and, only then, do you really know what to do with it. ‘Saint Teresa’ was still knocking on the door when we came to record the album, so we took it into sessions with Dan (Austin – co-producer), replacing some of it, changing a few of the lyrics and it turned out great.”

Doves 2025 Tour Dates

Tue 25 Feb – Glasgow, SWG3 – SOLD OUT
Wed 26 Feb – Edinburgh, La Belle Angele – SOLD OUT
Thu 27 Feb – Newcastle, Boiler Shop – SOLD OUT
Sat 1 Mar – Leeds, Beckett SU – SOLD OUT
Sun 2 Mar – Sheffield, Leadmill – SOLD OUT
Tue 4 Mar – Liverpool, O2 Academy – SOLD OUT
Thu 6 Mar – Manchester, Aviva Studios, home of Factory International – SOLD OUT
Fri 7 Mar – Manchester, Aviva Studios, home of Factory International – SOLD OUT
Sun 8 Mar – Birmingham, O2 Institute – SOLD OUT
Mon 10 Mar – Nottingham, Rock City – Limited tickets
Tue 11 Mar – Norwich, Waterfront – SOLD OUT
Thu 13 Mar – London, O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire – SOLD OUT
Fri 14 Mar – Bristol, SWX – SOLD OUT
Sat 15 Mar – Southampton, Engine Rooms – SOLD OUT
Mon 17 Mar – Brighton, Chalk – SOLD OUT
Tue 18 Mar – Oxford, O2 Academy – SOLD OUT

Pre-order Constellations For The Lonely HERE