Doves 'want to write film score'

Doves singer and bassist Jimi Goodwin has revealed that the band are looking to pen a film score.

In an interview with Gigwise, Goodwin said that the idea is one of the options that the Manchester group are considering as the follow-up to 2009's Kingdom Of Rust.

"We need to shake things up by doing something… I don't know what it'll be," he said. "Scoring a film. We're always saying that and no-one seems to pick up on it, but we'd f**king love to score a film."

Asked about their reasons for wanting to write a soundtrack, Goodwin replied: "We just always have. Hopefully you can hear it in your music. Everything is very filmic and we've often sampled many of the TV cop films of old. We've been doing that since we were in [former band] Sub Sub."

The star went on to admit that the band initially felt nervous about the long break that preceded the release of their last album, but the record's positive response has "proved" that they can take time out between releases.

"I think we need to get out of this album tour and now more than ever with the industry almost in ruins," he added. "There's no f**king rules, we don't have to get back on that trip."