A tre anni di distanza da "Excuses For Travellers", i Mojave 3 tornano in studio per un nuovo album "Spoon And Rafter" (4AD - 2003).

Nel solco della loro breve tradizione, caratterizzata da un pop fondamentalmente acustico e a tratti introspettivo, la band americana, non smentendosi, propone una musica eterea, semplice, intima e serena. Questa atmosfera si intuisce già dalla bella copertina, nella quale campeggia, su uno sfondo bucolico, un mazzo di margherite intrecciate da un nastro, che mostra il titolo dell'album.

Sotto l'aspetto musicale la semplicità del disco si esprime attraverso arrangiamenti essenziali, chitarre pulite, voci sussurrate ed effetti dosati.
Il disco al primo ascolto risulta piacevole, ma nulla di più. Nessun sussulto durante l'ascolto. Nessuna melodia lascia il segno. Non richiede un'attenzione particolare. Scivola come l'acqua sul vetro.
Forse l'unico brano che fa eccezione è Tinkers Blues, ma non basta.
Gli ascolti successivi non fanno che confermare le impressioni iniziali e alla fin fine, dispiace dirlo, rimane la sensazione di non aver sentito nulla di nuovo.

Insomma, un disco che si rischia di dimenticare in fretta.

Elenco tracce testi samples e video

01   Bluebird of Happiness (09:15)

gotta find a way to get home strong
gotta find a way back home

gotta find a light to guide me along
gotta find a way back home

running for your life won't get you so far
running for your life so far

gotta find to bring me home slow
gotta find a way back home

the loving in your eye that holds you alive
gotta find a way back home

gotta find a way to get home strong
gotta find a way back home

gotta find a road that brings me back slow
gotta find a way back home

gotta find a way to get home strong
gotta find a way back home

saw you turning
big eyes burning on your way
nothing out there
the time to tell you what you own

never wanted to feel this pain
never wanted to feel so sad
never wanted to feel this pain
today
today

never wanted to feel this pain
never watned to feel so sad
never wanted to feel this way
no
today
today

never wanted to feel this pain
never wanted to feel this pain

gotta find a way to get home strong
gotta find a way back home

gotta find a light to guide me along
gotta find a way back home

never wanted to feel this pain
never wanted to feel this pain

gotta find a road that brings me back slow
gotta find a way back home

the loving in your eye that holds you alive
gotta find a way back home

gotta find a way to get home strong
gotta find a way back home

gotta find a road that brings me back slow
gotta find a way back home

gotta find a way to get home strong
gotta find a way back home
gotta find a way back home
gotta find a way back home

02   Starlite #1 (04:55)

03   Billoddity (04:18)

Beauty and Bore, are having a good time
they split all the fun, its good for the both of them
and when they get high, too much your good song
they sit on the stairs, holding hands and holding hearts
holding hands and holding hearts

This hard line, is stretching time across your life, so why defy
it
This hard wind, makes you float above these things, so why defy
it

what you gonna say, what you gonna say, what you gonna say
Holding hands, and holding hearts
Holding hands, and holding hearts

Beauty and Bore, are having a good time
they spit on the phone, its good for the both of them
A stranger place, is will they get there, a war torn year
Its hard to face, to make you feel it
Make you feel it
Make you feel it

04   Writing to St. Peter (05:57)

05   Battle of the Broken Hearts (06:38)

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00:00

06   Hard to Miss You (02:50)

07   Tinker's Blues (05:09)

08   She's All Up Above (03:38)

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00:00

09   Too Many Mornings (03:16)

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00:00

10   Between the Bars (05:01)

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