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Voices Out There

by [The] Caseworker

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Voices Out There sees [The] Caseworker rein in the lo-fi guitar-pop impulses of acclaimed third album Letters From The Coast to explore a more expansive, minimal sound, akin to Conor and Eimer Devlin’s previous band Half Film. The band maintain their enigmatic intimacy and atmosphere, while suggesting haunting vistas just beyond the horizons of these succinct, sad songs. The lyrical themes explored on the album are a continuation of their previous preoccupations – reflection, rootlessness, memory – while also being coloured by Conor Devlin’s experience of recovering from a serious car accident in 2012.

First single ‘Dependence Day’ marries [The] Caseworker’s trademark restraint with a strident, slowburning melodic sensibility, while the title track vividly surveys the morphine hallucinations Conor experienced while confined to a hospital bed in Switzerland. The album’s chiming guitars, gently bobbing rhythm section and warm yet dislocated vocals from both Conor and Eimer Devlin generate a sense of intimacy and fragility that is deeply affecting. What’s most apparent on these songs is of a band in absolute control of their craft, able to derive maximum emotional heft from minimal ingredients.

credits

released October 23, 2013

Conor Devlin – Vocals, Guitars, Damaged Pianos
Eímer Devlin – Vocals, Bass
Will Waghorn – Drums, Squeezebox
Violins on ‘The Great Revealing’ by Carey Lamprecht.
Additional guitars on ‘Notes from the Summer . . . ’ by Jason Lakis.

Produced, engineered and mixed by Monte Vallier.

Recorded at various times between 2011 and 2013 at:
Ruminator Audio, San Francisco, CA, USA
Farm 2, St. Merryn, Cornwall, UK
PM Recording, Lausanne, Switzerland
Hall of Wires, Lausanne, Switzerland
The Coop, Petaluma, CA
35 on Campbell, Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa
Mastered by Josh Bonati, Brooklyn, NY, USA.

Artwork: ‘Tara’ (acrylic on canvas, 62 x 62 in.) by Sabine Tress.
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Photography by Thorsten Mücke

Sleeve Design by Sabine Tress, [the] caseworker and Stu Medley.

Thanks to: Rich Abbott, Breana Canton, Daniel Cavalli, Tim Clarke,
Duncan Cowe, Neil Halstead, Annie Hartley, Tups Hartley, Jamie Kahn, Jason Lakis, Carey Lamprecht, Hugh McCullen, Cam Merton,
Stu Medley, Adam Moore, Victoria Simpson, Sabine Tress, Gonzo Tress.

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