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The Only Goth In The Village: Rachel Goswell's Favourite Albums
Julian Marszalek , August 16th, 2023 08:33

Ahead of their performance at this year’s Green Man festival, Slowdive’s Rachel Goswell talks to Julian Marszalek about being the only goth in the village, the enduring power of the voice and why pen pals and fan clubs are beautiful things.

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Jadu Heart – Derealised
I don’t know how I stumbled upon them, but I think I heard them played on BBC 6 Music, and I thought, oh, this is amazing! So then I duly looked them up on Instagram and then got the album. I just loved it. And it really accompanied me. I'd say it's one of my albums of this year. They're not even a new band because they've been going for years. I had not heard of them previously and I think this is their third album. It's obviously got shoegazey-type elements, but I love the way they've blended their vocals a bit higher in the mix than the way we do things. I think it's got really good songwriting on there.

I tend to go out for daily walks - I live in another small village these days in Devon, which nice and peaceful – and this was like soundtrack to a lot of my walking earlier on this year.