Blog: Indiecision

When Richard Ashcroft announced that The Verve was getting back together for "the love of music", many expected the one-off festival appearance and a Police-ish tour of old numbers and 'Bittersweet Symphony' love. But tickets sold out in minutes and suddenly, everyone wanted a piece of the band. Forth, as the title pneumonic suggests, is The Verve's fourth studio album. It comes on the back of Urban Hymns , released 11 years ago. Hymns was viscerally romantic, a vast, scenic mélange of instruments and Ashcroft's dreamy delivery. Songs like 'Sonnet' and 'Lucky Man' made the [...]