Doves

Fri., June 5, 9 p.m., $23.50-$25, with Wild Light, Trocadero, 1003 Arch St., 215-922-LIVE, thetroc.com.

by Michael Pelusi

rock/pop

Doves open their fourth album, Kingdom of Rust (Astralwerks), with the most sonically daring track. On "Jetstream" dreamy guitars and intense dance rhythms collide, yielding a tantalizingly unresolved melody. If only their fellow Manchunians in New Order could come up with something like it at this point. After that, Kingdom of Rust mostly backs away from such surprises. (Although "Compulsion" bears an unexpected resemblance to the non-rapping sections of Blondie's "Rapture.") Instead, the album settles into the trio's comfort zone — that early-'00s sound when all bands were required to recall OK Computer at least a little bit. And yet, it doesn't disappoint. Doves have mastered mixing the winsome and the uneasy on the title track, "The Greatest Denier" and "Spellbound." And when they get epic on "10:03" and "Lifelines," they still make sure the listener is never engulfed by overstuffed arrangements. In the end, the most surprising thing about Kingdom of Rust may be just how moving it is.

Fri., June 5, 9 p.m., $23.50-$25, with Wild Light, Trocadero, 1003 Arch St., 215-922-LIVE, thetroc.com.