SOFT CAVALRY

For Steve Clarke The Soft Cavalry s self-titled debut album is equally a labor of love and the first record he s masterminded from start to finish with invaluable contributions from his wife Slowdive s Rachel Goswell on co-vocals and spiritual/practical guidance and Steve s brother Michael who produced the record. The band s music is a particularly British brand of intense cinematic drama. Melodic and timeless the album lands in the atmospheric dimensions between Pink Floyd Talk Talk and Mansun. A record radiating midlife crisis but equally enormous elation; a helix of fear and hope aching for resolution. If the album has a theme reckons Steve quot;it s recovery versus new doubt. I m there in the middle. The word that kept coming back to me was resilience. With the right mentality and people around you especially family we get through and find a level of hope.quot;.