Doves' Frontman Jimi Goodwin Teams Up With Elbow For Debut Solo Album

Doves' Jimi Goodwin has revealed that he has started work on his debut solo album.

In an interview with BBC 6 Music, Goodwin said he had teamed up with Elbow's Guy Garvey over the summer for the album.

''I'm loathed to call it a solo record but it probably is. It's shaping up to be like a mad mix tape, no pause for breath, no gaps between songs, going from 140BPM carnival style freak out to a folk track then hitting a hip hop esque beat,'' Goodwin said.

He added: ''Me and (Guy) Garvey have always threatened to write together and we finally got a chance to do that in the summer at [Peter Gabriel's] Realworld studios. I came down for a weekend and we finally got round to touching on a couple of tracks that we'd sent each other, we made progress on a couple of songs that will almost definitely make this record whatever it is I am making.''

The pair have previously worked together, with Guy Garvey featuring on two tracks from Doves' 2005 album, 'Some Cities' and Goodwin appearing on Elbow's 'Grace Under Pressure'.

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