4AD Is Releasing Remastered Editions of Mojave 3’s Albums

Following Slowdive’s dissolution after 1995’s Pygmalion, Neil Halstead, Rachel Goswell, and Ian McCutcheon opted for a complete one-eighty with their new band, Mojave 3. Whereas Pygmalion featured minimalist loops and ambience à la Aphex Twin’s Selected Ambient Works, Volume II, Mojave 3 eschewed electronics altogether for a stripped down, singer-songwriter sound influenced by the likes of Nick Drake, Neil Young, Gram Parsons, and Bob Dylan. And you know, it totally worked.

Mojave 3’s debut, 1995’s Ask Me Tomorrow, was a spell-binding album in the vein of Mazzy Star and Cowboy Junkies, with Halstead and Goswell’s harmonies proving just as well-suited for acoustic ballads and slide guitar as they were for effects-filled shoegaze atmospherics. The band, which would eventually include keyboardist Alan Forrester and guitarist Simon Rowe (Chapterhouse), would go on to record four more albums, with their final album being 2006’s Puzzles Like You.

Although some post-Puzzles Like You songs were recorded, Halstead and Goswell recently confirmed that Mojave 3 would not be reforming in light of Slowdive’s ongoing activity (including their performance at the Primavera Sound festival earlier this month). But fortunately, 4AD Records have announced newly remastered editions of every Mojave 3 album. The albums, which were remastered at the iconic Abbey Road studios, will be available individually on LP, CD, and digital, or collectively in a limited edition vinyl box set.

All five remastered Mojave 3 albums will be released on July 24, 2026.