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Rachel Love

Lyra - 2026 Repress

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 'Picture In Mind', an elegantly pastoral sunshine/folk/indie pop album co-produced with her late husband Steve Lovell.

Rachel's 2024 album 'Lyra' 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 'Lyra' is very much of a piece with 'Picture In Mind', surveying intimate folk-tinged pop, elegant atmospheres and gentle melodicism that perfectly complements the stately, sorrowful tunes. Songs like 'Without You', 'Fly Me Away' and 'April Love' are beautifully-effecting chamber pop, lush and dreamy odes to love, loss and family.

TRACK LISTING

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

Rachel Love

Picture In Mind - 2026 Repress

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. 'Picture In Mind' is packed with lush, dreamy pop that sits comfortably between 60s sunshine pop and and the mod-ish sounds of groups like Saint Etienne and Broadcast. Tunes like 'Primrose Hill', 'Wandlebury' and 'Borrowed Time' drift by like daydreams, foregrounding Rachel's lovely voice and melodies. Co-produced with her late husband, Steve Lovell (Blur, Julian Cope), 'Picture In Mind' is minimal but never overly spare; rather it basks in a warm simplicity that feels like a tonic in these hectic times.

TRACK LISTING

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


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