An empty bliss beyond this World

by The Caretaker

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gjoe52 Arguably better than any individual stage in EATEOT. Quintessentially Kirby, probably the most "The Caretaker" album to ever caretake, in a good way of course.
Gee, I wonder what album I got my profile picture from? Favorite track: The great hidden sea of the unconscious.

glucose_god Great concept, great production. Very unique honestly, it tickles my brain. Favorite track: Mental caverns without Sunshine.

Mediumkey some songs here sound bittersweet. like a troubled past that you look at fondly and appreciate that it shaped you the way you are, for the better or worse. Favorite track: Moments of sufficient lucidity.

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	1.	All you are going to want to do is get back there 03:46
	2.	Moments of sufficient lucidity 03:47
	3.	The great hidden sea of the unconscious 03:02
	4.	Libet's delay 03:26
	5.	I feel as if I might be vanishing 01:55
	6.	An empty bliss beyond this World 04:19
	7.	Bedded deep in longterm memory 01:48
	8.	A relationship with the sublime 03:36
	9.	Mental caverns without Sunshine 03:13
	10.	Pared back to the minimal 01:45
	11.	Mental caverns without Sunshine 01:35
	12.	An empty bliss beyond this World 03:48
	13.	Tiny gradiations of loss 02:52
	14.	Camaraderie at arms length 04:45
	15.	The sublime is disappointingly elusive 01:44

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The Caretaker conjures a quieter, more introspective spirit, lost in his own mind amidst a low-lit labyrinth of ever-decaying and antediluvian shellac phrases. Sourced from a mysterious collection of 78s, these vague snippets of archaic sonics reflect the ability of Alzheimers patients to recall the songs of their past, and with them recollections of places, people, moods and sensations.

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released June 1, 2011

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The Caretaker Manchester, UK

“The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time.”

― Friedrich Nietzsche

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