Holy crap! I had no idea they were even back together! The Verve was one of very few "guitar" bands I really liked when they broke up back in the late '90's. Thanks for the tip....I'll definitely be picking this up.
I'm listening to some of the new stuff on their Myspace page right now, and in "Love is Noise", Ashcroft sounds a bit like a cross between his old self and Neil Diamond....
EDIT - Whoa! And did you know that they released a 14 minute segment of a jam session from when they first got back together last year? It's called "The Thaw Sessions", and it's still
available to be downloaded for free right here.