The Verve’s comeback video “Love Is Noise” contains few surprises

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I don’t think I’ve ever actively looked forward to anything The Verve have done. I mean I bought Urban Hymns, like every other person in the country. And I love “Bittersweet Symphony” and “History”. But I’ve never been to see them live because I suspect there would be too much gloopy jamming and all that.
So will the new material make me a Verve convert? It would have to be pretty mind-blowing to do so, and having listened to comeback single “Love Is Noise” I am sad to report that my brain remains resolutely unexploded.
It does have an odd little sample though - it sounds like a very soulful dog doing a singbark. I wonder where you get dogs like that.
The video’s pretty grand, with snow-peaked mountains, bits of fire here and there and Richard Ashcroft sitting on the ground. Let’s hope the new stuff’s a success, if only so that he can buy a chair. He’s getting on a bit.
See the video after the jump.

The Verve - Love Is Noise

[video: The Verve's MySpace]
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