Rachel Sweet - Alive In America - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Rachel Love began her musical career in the late 70s with the legendary Dolly Mixture, a group of three teenage friends who subverted pretty much every rock cliche imaginable with their bright, energetic DIY pop music and created the template for countless non-dude bands since. No one used the words postpunk or indiepop back then, but Dolly Mixture are in the DNA of both. After Dolly Mixture wrapped-up in 1984 Rachel continued writing and playing music, but it wasn't until 2021 that she released the first record under her own name. InchPicture In MindInch is packed with rich, dreamy pop that sits comfortably between 60s sunshine pop and and the mod-ish sounds of groups like Saint Etienne and Broadcast.Tunes like InchPrimrose Hill,Inch InchWandleburyInch and InchBorrowed TimeInch drift by like daydreams, foregrounding Rachel's lovely voice and melodies. Co-produced with her late husband, Steve Lovell (Blur, Julian Cope), InchPicture In MindInch is minimal but never overly spare; rather it basks in a warm simplicity that feels like a tonic in these hectic times.Initially released as a limited edition on CD only, we're very happy to bring InchPicture In MindInch out on vinyl LP - a beautiful orange vinyl edition at that - now for the first time, alongside a repackaged CD. Album Tracks 1. Primrose Hill 2. Down the Line 3. No More 4. Dreaming 5. The Long Way Round 6. Far Away 7. Borrowed Time 8. Wandlebury 9. Easter Song 10. Look for the Gold

Album Tracks 1. Overture - National Symphony Orchestra/Martin Yates 2. Think of Me - Claire Moore/John Barrowman 3. Angel of Music I - Megan Kelly/Claire Moore 4. Angel of Music II - Ethan Freeman/Claire Moore 5. The Phantom of the Opera - Ethan Freeman/Claire Moore 6. Music of the Night - Ethan Freeman 7. Prima Donna - Mark Wynter/Michael Bauer/Ramon Remedios/John Barrowman/Sandra Dugdale/Megan Kelly/Gay Soper 8. All I Ask of You - John Barrowman/Claire Moore 9. Entr'acte - National Symphony Orchestra/Martin Yates 10. Masquerade - Chorus 11. Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again - Claire Moore 12. Point of No Return - Ethan Freeman/Claire Moore 13. With One Look - Kim Criswell 14. Sunset Boulevard - Graham Bickley 15. As If We Never Said Goodbye - Kim Criswell 16. Too Much in Love to Care - Catherine Porter/Graham Bickley

English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Rachel Love began her musical career in the late 70s with the legendary Dolly Mixture, a group of three teenage friends who subverted pretty much every rock cliche imaginable with their bright, energetic DIY pop music and created the template for countless non-dude bands since. No one used the words post-punk or indiepop back then, but Dolly Mixture are in the DNA of both. Post Dolly Mixture, Rachel kept busy writing and playing music in various groups, leading in 2021 to InchPicture In Mind,Inch an elegantly pastoral sunshine/folk/indie pop album co-produced with her late husband Steve Lovell. Rachel's 2024 album InchLyraInch was written and recorded as she processed Steve's passing, joined by her sons David and Syd as players, with David also co-producing.Musically InchLyraInch is very much of a piece with InchPicture In Mind,Inch surveying intimate folk-tinged pop, elegant atmospheres and gentle melodicism that perfectly complements the stately, sorrowful tunes. Songs like InchWithout You,Inch InchFly Me AwayInch and InchApril LoveInch are beautifully-effecting chamber pop, rich and dreamy odes to love, loss and family.Initially released as a limited edition on CD only, we're very happy to make InchLyraInch more widely available worldwide on yellow vinyl LP and as a repackaged CD, alongside corresponding reissue of InchPicture In Mind.Inch Album Tracks 1. Without You 2. Why 3. Sad and Lonely 4. Fly Me Away 5. Lyra's Theme 6. April Love 7. I Lost Myself 8. What Was It for 9. Alone 10. All Across the World