I love this band, they are great songwriters/musicians and they have a very unique sound to their music. Dover is: Cristina Llanos (vocals, guitar), Amparo Llanos (guitars), Jesus Antunez, (drums), and Alzaro Diez (bass).
This is Dover's fourth album, released in November 2001. Their first album is called "Sister", 2nd "Devil Came to Me", 3rd "Late at Night",. Despite that the Dover members are from Madrid, Spain, all their songs are in English and they don't sound Spanish at all. It's kind of hard to classify this band's music, but I'd say it's a mixture of hard rock, grunge, and again, their unique touch.
Below I'll rate the first 5 songs from 1-5 stars.
1) My Secret People- 4 stars- I would have given this song 5 stars, only it gets kind of tiring after the first few listens. The other songs on this album are much better, keep reading!
2) Better Day- 4 stars- This song says, more or less, "I can never do anything right"
3) Weak Hour of the Rooster- 5 stars- It starts out relatively quiet, then cranks up. This song took a couple of listens 'till I liked it, now I give 5 stars!
4) Lady Barbuda- 5 stars- The first HARD rock song on this CD--but definetely not the last. Very unique lyrics; "Shave your legs/I don't want/to be one/one of them"
5) King George- 5 stars- This is the best song on here! Another song with original lyrics "You only got 4 hours/to learn your manners/never felt so close to you before/long shot in the name of God/need a McCartney song" Wonderful.
I dont' know how many times I've listened to this album, and I have definetely not gotten tired of it. Thank you, Dover, for a great CD.
I have loved this band for about two years. Once i had heard this album (in spain, where i am from but i live here in england)), i had to buy all the others. They are just simply amazing! i love the whole heavy feel they have but then Cristina's vocals make each song so powerful and epic. The heavy metal-like guitar riffs and then the grungey style really go well together. the best song is 'Better Day'. Actually they are all great. I think everyone should hear this band, and i cant wait until they play another gig here in london. I've tried to convert some of my friends into Dover fans but they just wont. Oh well, i still like to think there is hope in the world and that others will see how special this band really are. i think they should sing more in Spanish though because the song on their other album,'Sister', thats in spanish is really good. TRUST ME. BUY THIS ALBUM. DOVER COULD CHANGE YOUR LIFE.
Hands down, this band's strongest record. If you like a big wall of guitar and super catchy heavy pop tunes, this is heaven. Buy it. Dover's stuff is a little tuff to come by in the USA - I have
managed to unearth all of it, and this one is my fave.
