{"product_id":"mojave-3-excuses-for-travellers","title":"Mojave 3 - Excuses for Travellers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMojave 3\u003c\/strong\u003e’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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith the band returning to London to work and live at the famed Fortress studios, \u003cem\u003eExcuses for Travellers\u003c\/em\u003e 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 \u003cem\u003eAsk Me Tomorrow\u003c\/em\u003e and the Laurel Canyon soul of \u003cem\u003eOut of Tune\u003c\/em\u003e, it finds the band refining their touch to create a more cohesive record that rightfully sits at the middle of their ever-morphing sound.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLusciously textured with restrained guitar, drums, pedal steel, horns, and piano, it’s an introspective campfire record that lets 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”).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReflecting 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","brand":"4AD","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl","offer_id":53877796340019,"sku":"NPV","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0881\/7655\/8387\/files\/i_4549910d-fceb-4be9-b093-9db9e6240ad2.jpg?v=1787185314","url":"https:\/\/www.polyvinylrecords.com\/products\/mojave-3-excuses-for-travellers","provider":"Polyvinyl Record Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}