The Soft Cavalry - The Soft Cavalry: Review
The Soft Cavalry is the new project of former Slowdive member Rachel Goswell and her husband Steve Clarke. Goswell has been busy in the past few years with the supergroup album Minor Victories in 2016 and the self-titled Slowdive record in 2017, so coming into The Soft Cavalry she has both a veteran status and an active prescence in the worlds of modern dream pop and shoegaze. Review By Lavender: Slowdive is absolutely legendary as one of the big three shoegaze bands and a prime example of the youthful energy for experimentation that shoegaze was built on. Since their run in the 90s Rachel hasn't slowed with her output of music I've enjoyed. The 2016 Minor Victories record was one of my picks for the most underrated of the year and one that I still enjoy revisiting, but in 2017 Slowdive released their first new record in over 20 years and Slowdive is the record that truly got me back into Rachel's output. That record landed in my top 10 albums of the year ...