“Mere observation will detect the salient sharply enough; only a passive, half-conscious reverie will at last win to and share the life in itself” - Walter de la Mare
“Mere observation will detect the salient sharply enough; only a passive, half-conscious reverie will at last win to and share the life in itself” - Walter de la Mare
This is the Caretaker's thesis on materialism - that all must pass away. our music, our memories, our being - depend on transient materials. you came from dust, and to dust you shall return
The mix of acoustic and synth elements in this albums sounds way less garish than I'm describing here. Emma's silvery vocals accentuate the pulse of organ with very simple vignettes about a love problem or two. Very nicely done.
