Blog: Covert Curiosity

The Verve is back with a brand new CD entitled Forth . It has been over a decade since their last and most commercial release, Urban Hymns , and the group has gotten back to its roots of dreamy jams. While Urban Hymns was a departure from the progressive sound of their earlier releases like Northern Soul , the songwriting was at its best with pop gems like"Lucky Man," "Sonnet" and "The Drugs Don't Work." On Forth, the band's fourth full-length release, Richard Ashcroft and company offer up a lush soundscape of longing emotion, [...]

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