<p dir="ltr"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-7327" alt="Voices Out There" src="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Voices-Out-There-Album-300px-No-Text-300x300.jpg" width="181" height="181" />We've been bursting at the seems to release this amazing album! It is of course <a href="http://hiddenshoal.bandcamp.com/album/voices-out-there"><em>Voices Out There</em></a>, the fourth album by garage-dreampop trio <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/project/the-caseworker/">[The] Caseworker</a>. <em>Voices Out There</em> sees the band rein in the lo-fi guitar-pop impulses of acclaimed third album <a href="http://hiddenshoal.bandcamp.com/album/letters-from-the-coast"><em>Letters From The Coast</em></a> to explore a more expansive, minimal sound, akin to Conor and Eimer Devlin’s previous band <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com/project/half-film/">Half Film</a>. The band manage to channel the best of Flying Nun's roster and merge it with their inimitably dreamy and atmospheric take on rock music.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><em>“[The] Caseworker extract darkness from inside whispery, ambient pop… completely enraptured and awesomely dazed”</em> – <strong>Rolling Stone</strong></p>
<p dir="ltr">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.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><em>Voices Out There</em> is available now in CD and digital formats. All CD orders include an immediate download of the album in mp3 or FLAC formats and all downloads come with a beautiful extended digital booklet. Head to the <a href="http://hiddenshoal.bandcamp.com/album/voices-out-there">Hidden Shoal Store</a> for all the details.</p>
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<strong>[The] Caseworker - 'Voices Out There' (Single)</strong>