{"product_id":"mojave-3-excuses-for-travellers-reissue-black-vinyl","title":"Mojave 3 - Excuses for Travellers \"Reissue\" (Black Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003eRemastered at Abbey Road, this 2026 reissue on black vinyl of \u003cspan\u003eMojave 3’s third album,\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eExcuses For Travellers\u003c\/em\u003e (2000)\u003c\/span\u003e, is presented with its original artwork\u003cspan\u003e. \u003cem\u003eExcuses For Travellers\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn 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, \u003cem\u003eAsk Me Tomorrow\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ciframe data-testid=\"embed-iframe\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/69Kl8ciY9o4lxA4qhdwPZD?utm_source=generator\u0026amp;si=21c87fa7234b4ba8\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e","brand":"4AD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58291856539912,"sku":"4AD0828LP","price":28.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/4581\/9656\/files\/598346-1.jpg?v=1784843661","url":"https:\/\/shopmusicandriots.com\/products\/mojave-3-excuses-for-travellers-reissue-black-vinyl","provider":"Music And Riots ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}