Mojave 3
1996-2005
https://4ad.co/mojave3
In the year between the recording and release of Slowdive’s 1995 album Pygmalion, the Reading five-piece had unravelled. With their longtime drummer having already quit, both their guitarist and bassist were also throwing in the towel, leaving only songwriter and defacto leader Neil Halstead, founding vocalist-guitarist Rachel Goswell, and newly acquired drummer Ian McCutcheon.
But even before that album was released by Creation Records, who then officially dropped the band a week later, the loose strands of Slowdive were already in the middle of a rebirth. While simultaneously finishing Pygmalion and recording an instrumental soundtrack for the film, I'm the Elephant, U Are the Mouse, Neil found himself being pulled in a new musical direction, one inspired by the great singer-songwriters and country/folk-rock of the Sixties and Seventies.
Enter Mojave 3…
Ask Me Tomorrow (4AD0826)
Out of Tune (4AD0827)
Excuses for Travellers (4AD0828)
Spoon and Rafter (4AD0829)
Puzzles Like You (4AD0830)
1996-2005 Slipcase (4AD0931)
Remastered at Abbey Road.
Out 24 July on black vinyl, CD and streaming.
Limited Mojave 3 1996-2005 slipcase available exclusively via 4AD. All 5 albums on crystal clear vinyl with 8x10 Phil Nicholls print. Limited to 1500 and foil numbered