All five records by Mojave 3 will finally be back in print from 24 July, some of 4AD’s most requested reissues of the last decade.
Remastered at Abbey Road, Ask Me Tomorrow (1995), Out of Tune (1998), Excuses For Travellers (2000), Spoon and Rafter (2003) and Puzzles Like You (2006), will each be available digitally, on Standard Black LP and CD, and as a 4AD exclusive slipcase comprising all five albums on Clear LP with a 8×10” print. Ask Me Tomorrow features newly updated artwork of photographs by Colin Gray, while all other albums are presented with their original artwork.
Born from the ashes of Slowdive in 1995 by former members Neil Halstead and Rachel Goswell, and newly acquired drummer Ian McCutcheon, Mojave 3 began by recording six sparse, acoustic, vocally-driven tracks that stripped away the swirling guitar distortion that had once cloaked their singing in a veil of mystery, leaving Neil and Rachel’s vocal harmonies to stand fully exposed. The six-track demo sufficiently impressed 4AD label head Ivo Watts-Russell and Mojave 3 were signed to a five-album deal, with the original demos becoming the foundation of debut album and fan favourite, Ask Me Tomorrow.
Mojave 3’s debut, Ask Me Tomorrow, was a refreshingly stripped-down collection that changed little from the original demos. Halstead’s melodic, folk- and country-tinged songs drew favourable (if lazy) comparisons to Nick Drake, Cowboy Junkies and Bob Dylan. Three years later, Out of Tune continued where the first album left off and showed a group that had grown in both confidence and cohesiveness. Third album Excuses For Travellers contained some of the most ambitious Halstead compositions yet. Spoon and Rafter followed three years later marking another shift for the band. While still containing echoes of singer-songwriters and alt-country, the record represents a technicolour expansion of their palette that utilises electronics, glockenspiels, melodica, and Beatlesque production. Their final album, 2006’s Puzzles Like You is a positively bright and fun record that feels right at home next to indie rock contemporaries like The Shins and Band of Horses, while sounding nearly unrecognisable next to the band they were on Ask Me Tomorrow.
All five Mojave 3 albums will be available digitally, on Standard Black LP and CD, and as a 4AD exclusive 5xLP Slipcase on Clear Vinyl + 8×10” print. For more information, and to pre-order head <<HERE>>
Mojave 3 – Ask Me Tomorrow
4AD0826
Formats: Digital, LP, CD
Tracklisting
A1. Love Songs on the Radio
A2. Sarah
A3. Tomorrow’s Taken
A4. Candle Song 3
B1. You’re Beautiful
B2. Where Is the Love
B3. After All
B4. Pictures
B5. Mercy
Mojave 3 – Out of Tune
4AD0827
Formats: Digital, LP, CD
Tracklisting
A1. Who Do You Love
A2. Give What You Take
A3. Some Kinda Angel
A4. All Your Tears
A5. Yer Feet
B1. Caught Beneath Your Heel
B2. Keep It All Hid
B3. Baby’s Coming Home
B4. To Whom Should I Write
Mojave 3 – Excuses For Travellers
4AD0828
Formats: Digital, LP, CD
Tracklisting
A1. In Love with a View
A2. Trying to Reach You
A3. My Life in Art
A4. Return to Sender
B1. When You’re Drifting
B2. Any Day Will Be Fine
B3. She Broke You So Softly
B4. Prayer for the Paranoid
B5. Bringin’ Me Home
B6. Got My Sunshine
Mojave 3 – Spoon and Rafter
4AD0829
Formats: Digital, LP, CD
Tracklisting
A1. Bluebird of Happiness
A2. Starlite #1
A3. Bill Oddity
A4. Writing to St Peter
B1. Battle of the Broken Hearts
B2. Hard to Miss You
B3. Tinkers Blues
B4. She’s All Up Above
B5. Too Many Mornings
B6. Between the Bars
Mojave 3 – Puzzles Like You
4AD0230
Formats: Digital, LP, CD
Tracklisting
A1. Truck Driving Man
A2. Puzzles Like You
A3. Breaking the Ice
A4. Running with Your Eyes Closed
A5. Most Days
A6. Big Star Baby
B1. Ghost Ship Waiting
B2. Kill the Lights
B3. You Said It Before
B4. To Hold Your Tiny Toes
B5. Just a Boy
B6. The Mutineer
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