{"title":"Mojave 3 Vinyl Records \u0026 CDs","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor listeners who followed Neil Halstead and Rachel Goswell out of Slowdive and into the quieter, more country-leaning world Mojave 3 built across the late 1990s and early 2000s, this page collects the band's catalog on both vinyl and CD, all on 4AD.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe selection covers the full run of studio albums. On vinyl you will find \u003cem\u003eAsk Me Tomorrow\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eOut Of Tune\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSpoon \u0026amp; Rafter\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eExcuses For Travellers\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003ePuzzles Like You\u003c\/em\u003e, each pressed as a standard LP. The same titles are available on CD: \u003cem\u003eAsk Me Tomorrow\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eOut Of Tune\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSpoon \u0026amp; Rafter\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eExcuses For Travellers\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003ePuzzles Like You\u003c\/em\u003e, all in their original 4AD packaging. Whether you want the physical weight of a record or a disc you can play in the car, both formats are here.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhy buy from Relix\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eRelix has covered the intersection of rock, roots, and exploratory music since 1974. That history shapes what ends up in the store. Mojave 3 fits naturally alongside the artists this magazine has always paid attention to: bands that take their time, value atmosphere, and resist easy categorization. The store also carries the Relix Sessions series, live recordings produced by Relix and pressed to vinyl on the Relix Vinyl label, which gives you a sense of how seriously we take the physical format. When we stock a catalog, we stock it properly, which is why you will find multiple Mojave 3 albums available in both LP and CD form rather than a single token title.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery item here is new and sealed. Pre-order titles display a street date and ship when the label releases them. CDs ship in protective packaging.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf Mojave 3 is a starting point, there is more to explore. The \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/indie-rock-pop-vinyl-cds\"\u003eIndie Rock \u0026amp; Pop Vinyl \u0026amp; CDs\u003c\/a\u003e collection covers the broader guitar-based catalog in the store. Listeners drawn to the more pastoral, country-influenced side of Mojave 3 may find the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/americana-vinyl\"\u003eAmericana, Folk \u0026amp; Country Vinyl Records\u003c\/a\u003e collection worth browsing. For pressing variants and limited runs across the store, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/colored-vinyl\"\u003eColored Vinyl Records \u0026amp; Limited Variants\u003c\/a\u003e is the place to check. And if you want music captured live and pressed to wax, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/live-vinyl-albums\"\u003eLive Vinyl Albums \u0026amp; Records\u003c\/a\u003e has that covered.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"mojave-3-ask-me-tomorrow-cd","title":"Mojave 3 – Ask Me Tomorrow (CD)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"relix-editorial\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNeil Halstead, Rachel Goswell, and Ian McCutcheon emerged from the dissolution of Slowdive's final lineup carrying the same melodic instincts that defined that band's most beloved work, but pointed somewhere new. Ask Me Tomorrow arrived at a moment when the American alt-country wave was just cresting, and Mojave 3's desert-tinged folk sensibility felt less like a pivot than a natural migration, the haze of shoegaze settling into something quieter and more intimate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMojave 3's founding members are vocalist\/guitarist Neil Halstead, bassist\/vocalist Rachel Goswell, and drummer Ian McCutcheon, members of definitive shoegazers Slowdive. The band broke cover in 1995, when a six-track demo impressed 4AD sufficiently to offer them a deal.Released in October 1995, Ask Me Tomorrow could have easily been the fourth Slowdive album, sounding like an acoustic deconstruction of the group's early recordings, still dreamlike and ethereal but recontextualized by discernible lyrics and a country-folk aesthetic.  \"We put quite a lot of reverb on the vocals,\" Neil recalls of the primitive recording style, \"and because we were all in one room recording straight to tape, there was a lot of bleed, it made everything sound really reverby. It gave the mix this really cool, murky sound and sort of inadvertently bridges the gap to Slowdive a little.\" Channelling the sorrowful songwriting of Leonard Cohen, Nick Drake, Townes Van Zant, and Fairport Convention, as well as contemporaries like Mazzy Star, Tindersticks, and Cowboy Junkies, this tone is set by the transcendent opener \"Love Songs on the Radio,\" in which Rachel's angelic vocals are suspended in air by slow, sleepwalking guitar and minimalist bass and drum flourishes.  \"I sang that song sitting on a mattress in the kitchen of Neil's flat,\" Rachel recalls. \"It was exciting because I really enjoyed the songs, and it felt like this entirely new thing was forming with only me, Neil and Ian.\" \"It was a very easy record to make, very off the cuff,\" Ian confirms. \"The atmosphere had been so toxic at the end of Slowdive, that it just felt so positive to be starting over with Rachel, Neil and myself, having a good time doing something completely different.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003c!-- TRACKLIST_START --\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1. Love Songs On The Radio (5:48)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2. Sarah (3:44)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e3. Tomorrow's Taken (5:37)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e4. Candle Song 3 (5:26)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e5. You're Beautiful (3:06)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e6. Where Is The Love (4:38)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e7. After All (3:33)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e8. Pictures (4:21)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e9. Mercy (4:56)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- TRACKLIST_END --\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 191400082625\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4ad\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7.24.26\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e CD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Broadtime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48828542746779,"sku":"202985750","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/7172\/files\/packshot-mojave-3-ask-me-tomorrow-cd-relix.jpg?v=1783395803"},{"product_id":"mojave-3-excuses-for-travellers-lp-vinyl","title":"Mojave 3 – Excuses For Travellers (LP Vinyl)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"relix-editorial\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNeil Halstead and Rachel Goswell carried the hushed, aching sensibility of Slowdive into entirely new territory with Mojave 3, trading feedback and shimmer for acoustic warmth and country-flecked melancholy. Released in 2000, Excuses for Travellers found the band settling into a distinctly English take on Americana, one that felt genuinely lived-in rather than borrowed. It remains a quiet cornerstone of the late-90s\/early-00s moment when post-shoegaze artists were mapping roads that led somewhere unexpected.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMojave 3's founding members are vocalist\/guitarist Neil Halstead, bassist\/vocalist Rachel Goswell, and drummer Ian McCutcheon, members of definitive shoegazers Slowdive. The band broke cover in 1995, when a six-track demo impressed 4AD sufficiently to offer them a deal.With the band returning to London to work and live at the famed Fortress studios, Excuses for Travellers was the first of two consecutive albums recorded with the help of friend and electronic artist Mark Van Hoen. Combining the melancholy and stripped-down intimacy of Ask Me Tomorrow and the Laurel Canyon soul of Out of Tune, it finds the band refining their touch to create a more cohesive record that rightfully sits at the middle of their ever-morphing sound.  Lusciously textured with restrained guitar, drums, pedal steel, horns, and piano, it's an introspective campfire record that let's Neil's voice and songwriting take center stage (\"In Love with a View,\" \"My Life in Art,\" \"She Broke You So Softly\"), while also featuring the only two Mojave tracks solely credited to Rachel (\"Bringin' Me Home\") and Ian (\"Got My Sunshine\"). Reflecting on his growth as a songwriter, Neil says, \"Unlike Slowdive, where the music is at the forefront and nobody is focusing on what anyone's saying, you couldn't really hide the lyrics with Mojave 3. I had to think about them more, work harder on them.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003c!-- TRACKLIST_START --\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1. In Love With A View (6:09)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2. Trying To Reach You (4:47)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e3. My Life In Art (7:21)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e4. Return To Sender (4:48)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e5. When You're Drifting (6:01)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e6. Anyday Will Be Fine (3:24)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e7. She Broke You So Softly (5:05)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e8. Prayer For The Paranoid (3:51)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e9. Bringing Me Home (3:50)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e10. Got My Sunshine (4:21)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- TRACKLIST_END --\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 191400082816\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4ad\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7.24.26\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e LP Vinyl\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Broadtime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48828544811163,"sku":"203009847","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/7172\/files\/packshot-mojave-3-excuses-for-travellers-vinyl-lp-relix.jpg?v=1782507359"},{"product_id":"mojave-3-spoon-rafter-lp-vinyl","title":"Mojave 3 – Spoon \u0026 Rafter (LP Vinyl)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"relix-editorial\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNeil Halstead and Rachel Goswell spent years together in Slowdive before dissolving that band and quietly building something new in the English countryside, and Mojave 3 became one of the more understated success stories of the late 1990s and early 2000s alt-country and dream-pop crossover. Their run of records on 4AD established a loyal following that crossed over from the shoegaze faithful to fans of Americana and hushed, late-night songwriting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMojave 3's founding members are vocalist\/guitarist Neil Halstead, bassist\/vocalist Rachel Goswell, and drummer Ian McCutcheon, members of definitive shoegazers Slowdive. The band broke cover in 1995, when a six-track demo impressed 4AD sufficiently to offer them a deal. Never ones to sit still, Spoon and Rafter marked a shift for Mojave 3. While still containing echoes of singer-songwriters and alt-country, the record represents a Technicolor expansion of their palette that utilizes electronics, glockenspiels, melodica, and Beatlesque production.  \"It's quite a bonkers album, really,\" says Ian. \"By that stage we had our own studio again on the north Cornish coast in the UK. We had time to pick up different instruments and just faff around. It was quite a process, but it's my favorite record we did. \" \"We sort of entered our Beach Boys phase of Mojave 3,\" says Neil, \"where we became more interested in different instrumentation and a fuller sound. Thanks to Mark [Van Hoen] it was the first time we used an early Pro Tools system to edit stuff together, so some of the tracks are much longer and more orchestrated, like 'Bluebird of Happiness,' which has three different sections that were all recorded separately and then chopped together. \"Mojave 3's own myth has grown, resulting in their records being some of 4AD's most requested reissues of the last decade. With these 2026 reissues putting all five albums in print once again, perhaps it's Mojave 3's time to rise from the ashes and fly once again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003c!-- TRACKLIST_START --\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1. Bluebird Of Happiness (9:15)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2. Starlite #1 (4:55)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e3. Billoddity (4:18)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e4. Writing To St. Peter (5:57)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e5. Battle Of The Broken Hearts (6:38)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e6. Hard To Miss You (2:50)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e7. Tinkers Blues (5:09)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e8. She's All Up Above (3:38)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e9. Too Many Mornings (3:16)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e10. Between The Bars (5:01)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- TRACKLIST_END --\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 191400082915\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4ad\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7.24.26\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e LP Vinyl\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Broadtime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48828545302683,"sku":"202995998","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/7172\/files\/packshot-mojave-3-spoon-rafter-vinyl-lp-relix.jpg?v=1782507370"},{"product_id":"mojave-3-excuses-for-travellers-cd","title":"Mojave 3 – Excuses For Travellers (CD)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"relix-editorial\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNeil Halstead and Rachel Goswell had already helped define shoegaze with Slowdive before quietly pivoting toward something warmer and more earthbound with Mojave 3. Released in 2000, \"Excuses for Travellers\" captures the band at a genuinely unhurried pace, drawing on country, folk, and chamber pop in a way that felt almost countercultural against the era's prevailing sounds. It remains a touchstone for anyone who followed that particular journey from distortion to dust.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMojave 3's founding members are vocalist\/guitarist Neil Halstead, bassist\/vocalist Rachel Goswell, and drummer Ian McCutcheon, members of definitive shoegazers Slowdive. The band broke cover in 1995, when a six-track demo impressed 4AD sufficiently to offer them a deal.With the band returning to London to work and live at the famed Fortress studios, Excuses for Travellers was the first of two consecutive albums recorded with the help of friend and electronic artist Mark Van Hoen. Combining the melancholy and stripped-down intimacy of Ask Me Tomorrow and the Laurel Canyon soul of Out of Tune, it finds the band refining their touch to create a more cohesive record that rightfully sits at the middle of their ever-morphing sound.  Lusciously textured with restrained guitar, drums, pedal steel, horns, and piano, it's an introspective campfire record that let's Neil's voice and songwriting take center stage (\"In Love with a View,\" \"My Life in Art,\" \"She Broke You So Softly\"), while also featuring the only two Mojave tracks solely credited to Rachel (\"Bringin' Me Home\") and Ian (\"Got My Sunshine\"). Reflecting on his growth as a songwriter, Neil says, \"Unlike Slowdive, where the music is at the forefront and nobody is focusing on what anyone's saying, you couldn't really hide the lyrics with Mojave 3. I had to think about them more, work harder on them.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003c!-- TRACKLIST_START --\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1. In Love With A View (6:09)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2. Trying To Reach You (4:47)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e3. My Life In Art (7:21)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e4. Return To Sender (4:48)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e5. When You're Drifting (6:01)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e6. Anyday Will Be Fine (3:24)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e7. She Broke You So Softly (5:05)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e8. Prayer For The Paranoid (3:51)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e9. Bringing Me Home (3:50)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e10. Got My Sunshine (4:21)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- TRACKLIST_END --\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 191400082823\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4ad\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7.24.26\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e CD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Broadtime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48828545859739,"sku":"203024496","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/7172\/files\/packshot-mojave-3-excuses-for-travellers-cd-relix.jpg?v=1782502031"},{"product_id":"mojave-3-puzzles-like-you-cd","title":"Mojave 3 – Puzzles Like You (CD)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"relix-editorial\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMojave 3 grew out of the ashes of Slowdive, one of shoegaze's most beloved acts, when Neil Halstead, Rachel Goswell, and Ian McCutcheon pivoted toward Americana and sparse acoustic beauty in the mid-1990s. That evolution across five albums is one of the more quietly fascinating arcs in British indie music, a band perpetually in motion between continents and sounds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBy the time of their final album, Mojave 3 had journeyed a long way from the dreamy, country-tinged sadcore they started with. Reminiscent of the late days of Slowdive, both Neil and Rachel had released solo records, Ian was playing in other bands, and Neil was once again going off on his own to finish the album himself. Leapfrogging the sonic direction of their previous album, Puzzles Like You brings in jangly Byrds guitars and uptempo Sixties pop melodies for a positively bright and fun record that feels right at home next to indie rock, while sounding nearly unrecognizable next to the band they were on Ask Me Tomorrow.  \"It's a much perkier, more 'indie' record,\" says Neil, \"although there's still some quite nice country stuff on there. 'Most Days', 'Big Star Baby', and Ian's song 'The Mutineer' are some of my favorite songs that Mojave made.\" Sadly, after recording her vocals for the album, Rachel entered a period of illness that would prevent her from touring or recording for several years. Along with Neil's growing solo career, the band seemed to be reaching it's natural conclusion. And so Mojave 3 disappeared, blown away by the desert sands they came from. Over the next few years, the shoegaze sound Neil and Rachel first made together was discovered and mythologized by a new generation, and it was Slowdive's turn to be reborn, becoming bigger and more beloved than anyone could have imagined.  As a result of their unpredicted success, Mojave 3's own myth has grown, resulting in their records being some of 4AD's most requested reissues of the last decade. With these 2026 reissues putting all five albums in print once again, perhaps it's Mojave 3's time to rise from the ashes and fly once again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003c!-- TRACKLIST_START --\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1. Truck Driving Man\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2. Puzzles Like You\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e3. Breaking The Ice\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e4. Running With Your Eyes Closed\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e5. Most Days\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e6. Big Star Baby\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e7. Ghost Ship Waiting\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e8. Kill The Lights\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e9. You Said It Before\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e10. To Hold Your Tiny Toes\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e11. Just A Boy\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e12. The Mutineer\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- TRACKLIST_END --\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 191400083028\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4ad\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7.24.26\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e CD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Broadtime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48828545958043,"sku":"203010163","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/7172\/files\/packshot-mojave-3-puzzles-like-you-cd-relix.jpg?v=1783395770"},{"product_id":"mojave-3-puzzles-like-you-lp-vinyl","title":"Mojave 3 – Puzzles Like You (LP Vinyl)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"relix-editorial\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMojave 3 grew out of the ashes of Slowdive, carrying Neil Halstead and Rachel Goswell forward from shoegaze into something looser and more Americana-inflected across five albums through the 2000s. Puzzles Like You lands as their farewell statement, and the pivot toward Byrds-influenced jangle and breezy pop feels less like a departure than a band finally letting go of any remaining weight, following the melody wherever it leads.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBy the time of their final album, Mojave 3 had journeyed a long way from the dreamy, country-tinged sadcore they started with. Reminiscent of the late days of Slowdive, both Neil and Rachel had released solo records, Ian was playing in other bands, and Neil was once again going off on his own to finish the album himself. Leapfrogging the sonic direction of their previous album, Puzzles Like You brings in jangly Byrds guitars and uptempo Sixties pop melodies for a positively bright and fun record that feels right at home next to indie rock, while sounding nearly unrecognizable next to the band they were on Ask Me Tomorrow.  \"It's a much perkier, more 'indie' record,\" says Neil, \"although there's still some quite nice country stuff on there. 'Most Days', 'Big Star Baby', and Ian's song 'The Mutineer' are some of my favorite songs that Mojave made.\" Sadly, after recording her vocals for the album, Rachel entered a period of illness that would prevent her from touring or recording for several years. Along with Neil's growing solo career, the band seemed to be reaching it's natural conclusion. And so Mojave 3 disappeared, blown away by the desert sands they came from. Over the next few years, the shoegaze sound Neil and Rachel first made together was discovered and mythologized by a new generation, and it was Slowdive's turn to be reborn, becoming bigger and more beloved than anyone could have imagined.  As a result of their unpredicted success, Mojave 3's own myth has grown, resulting in their records being some of 4AD's most requested reissues of the last decade. With these 2026 reissues putting all five albums in print once again, perhaps it's Mojave 3's time to rise from the ashes and fly once again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003c!-- TRACKLIST_START --\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1. Truck Driving Man\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2. Puzzles Like You\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e3. Breaking The Ice\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e4. Running With Your Eyes Closed\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e5. Most Days\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e6. Big Star Baby\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e7. Ghost Ship Waiting\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e8. Kill The Lights\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e9. You Said It Before\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e10. To Hold Your Tiny Toes\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e11. Just A Boy\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e12. The Mutineer\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- TRACKLIST_END --\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 191400083011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4ad\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7.24.26\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e LP Vinyl\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Broadtime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48828546252955,"sku":"202996666","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/7172\/files\/packshot-mojave-3-puzzles-like-you-vinyl-lp-relix.jpg?v=1782501935"},{"product_id":"mojave-3-out-of-tune-cd","title":"Mojave 3 – Out Of Tune (CD)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"relix-editorial\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNeil Halstead, Rachel Goswell, and Ian McCutcheon quietly dissolved Slowdive in 1995 and pivoted hard toward American country and folk, trading feedback and reverb for acoustic guitars and pedal steel. Out of Tune, their second album, deepened that sun-baked desert sound while the communal Cornwall sessions gave it an unhurried, lived-in warmth that still holds up as one of the more understated left turns in British indie history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMojave 3's founding members are vocalist\/guitarist Neil Halstead, bassist\/vocalist Rachel Goswell, and drummer Ian McCutcheon, members of definitive shoegazers Slowdive. The band broke cover in 1995, when a six-track demo impressed 4AD sufficiently to offer them a deal.After playing the band on their first tours of the US and Europe, Simon Rowe of Chapterhouse and organ\/piano player Alan Forrester had joined the group full-time for the next record, essentially turning Mojave 3 into Mojave 5. Not only that, but the four men in the band also moved into a farmhouse in Cornwall, building a small studio in a cowshed where they demoed songs for what became Out of Tune. \"It was a real communal experience living on this village farm with Ian, Alan, and Simon, and other friends,\" says Neil. \"It was our own little Big Pink.\" \"That was a real Band-y sort of atmosphere,\" agrees Ian, \"very old school, with everyone learning their parts and playing at the same time. Our sound became bigger, more raucous and poppy, as a result.\" \"I was living in London and coming down to stay for a few weeks at a time,\" says Rachel. \"We were young and really having fun with it.\" The band decamped to Cava Studios in Glasgow to record Out of Tune, which turned into a long process of remixing, rerecording, and adding new elements like pedal steel and brass. While the procedure was labored, the highly polished result is a bright, largely upbeat record that showcases a new sophistication in Neil's lyrics while sounding much more like Neil Young, Bob Dylan, and Gram Parsons than anything resembling Slowdive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003c!-- TRACKLIST_START --\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1. Who Do You Love (3:29)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2. Give What You Take (4:25)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e3. Some Kinda Angel (3:44)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e4. All Your Tears (4:37)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e5. Yer Feet (4:15)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e6. Caught Beneath Your Heel (6:12)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e7. Keep It All Hid (3:56)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e8. Baby's Coming Home (5:35)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e9. To Whom Should I Write (3:23)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- TRACKLIST_END --\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 191400082724\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4ad\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7.24.26\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e CD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Broadtime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48828546318491,"sku":"202991288","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/7172\/files\/packshot-mojave-3-out-of-tune-cd-relix.jpg?v=1783395790"},{"product_id":"mojave-3-spoon-rafter-cd","title":"Mojave 3 – Spoon \u0026 Rafter (CD)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"relix-editorial\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNeil Halstead and Rachel Goswell spent the years between Slowdive's original run and their celebrated 2014 reunion quietly building one of the most underappreciated catalogs in British indie music under the Mojave 3 name. That body of work, rooted in pedal steel, fingerpicked acoustics, and Goswell's harmonies, earned the band a devoted following among fans of cosmic Americana and dream-tinged folk. Spoon \u0026amp; Rafter finds them returning to 4AD, the label that first signed them three decades ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMojave 3's founding members are vocalist\/guitarist Neil Halstead, bassist\/vocalist Rachel Goswell, and drummer Ian McCutcheon, members of definitive shoegazers Slowdive. The band broke cover in 1995, when a six-track demo impressed 4AD sufficiently to offer them a deal. Never ones to sit still, Spoon and Rafter marked a shift for Mojave 3. While still containing echoes of singer-songwriters and alt-country, the record represents a Technicolor expansion of their palette that utilizes electronics, glockenspiels, melodica, and Beatlesque production.  \"It's quite a bonkers album, really,\" says Ian. \"By that stage we had our own studio again on the north Cornish coast in the UK. We had time to pick up different instruments and just faff around. It was quite a process, but it's my favorite record we did. \" \"We sort of entered our Beach Boys phase of Mojave 3,\" says Neil, \"where we became more interested in different instrumentation and a fuller sound. Thanks to Mark [Van Hoen] it was the first time we used an early Pro Tools system to edit stuff together, so some of the tracks are much longer and more orchestrated, like 'Bluebird of Happiness,' which has three different sections that were all recorded separately and then chopped together. \"Mojave 3's own myth has grown, resulting in their records being some of 4AD's most requested reissues of the last decade. 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Not only that, but the four men in the band also moved into a farmhouse in Cornwall, building a small studio in a cowshed where they demoed songs for what became Out of Tune. \"It was a real communal experience living on this village farm with Ian, Alan, and Simon, and other friends,\" says Neil. \"It was our own little Big Pink.\" \"That was a real Band-y sort of atmosphere,\" agrees Ian, \"very old school, with everyone learning their parts and playing at the same time. Our sound became bigger, more raucous and poppy, as a result.\" \"I was living in London and coming down to stay for a few weeks at a time,\" says Rachel. \"We were young and really having fun with it.\" The band decamped to Cava Studios in Glasgow to record Out of Tune, which turned into a long process of remixing, rerecording, and adding new elements like pedal steel and brass. 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