Wed Aug 27 '03 1:09 pm
Mojave 3 album revew: Spoon And Rafter
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Mojave 3 arose from the ashes of Slowdive in 1994. Rachel Goswell, Neil Halstead and
Ian McCutcheon decided that while distorted, ambient soundscapes were fun, they'd
made three albums worth of them, and it was time for a change of course - for simple
songs that could be written and played on an acoustic guitar. The newly-named trio
recorded a hushed and magical collection of demos which swiftly brought them a new
home (4AD) and subsequently emerged almost unaltered as their first album, Ask Me
Tomorrow.
The band had expanded their ranks by the time that they came to make Out Of Tune a
couple of years later - Alan Forrester signed up, complete with Hammond C3 organ, as
had Simon "Rosie" Rowe (from the recently-deceased Chapterhouse) who was enlisted
primarily to contribute rootsy, Robbie Robertson-inspired guitar lines. When asked to
describe the difference...
