Everywhere At the End Of Time

Hi everyone! In this new blog, I'm going to talk about a series of album which, in my perspective, are one of the most interesting and depressive at the same time. I'm referring to "Everywhere At The End Of Time" by The Caretaker. The project, created by musician James Leyland Kirby, is a conceptual exploration of dementia and memory loss. Probably you heard about this project, because it had a lot of diffusion on the internet, due to this emotional impact that had in many people, especially on those who had a familiar with this horrible disease.

"Everywhere At The End of Time" has a duration of six hours long (yeah, so freaking long), and is divided in six different stages, which are: 

Stage 1. "Here we experience the first signs of memory loss. This stage is most like a beautiful daydream. The glory of old age and recollection. The last of the great days."

Stage 2. "The second stage is the self-realization and awareness that something is wrong with a refusal to accept that. More effort is made to remember so memories can be more long form with a little more deterioration in quality. The overall personal mood is generally lower than the first stage and at a point before confusion starts setting in."

Stage 3. "Here we are presented with some of the last coherent memories before confusion fully rolls in and the grey mists form and fade away. Finest moments have been remembered, the musical flow in places is more confused and tangled. As we progress some singular memories become more disturbed, isolated, broken and distant. These are the last embers of awareness before we enter the post awareness stages."

Stage 4. "Post-Awareness Stage 4 is where serenity and the ability to recall singular memories gives way to confusions and horror. It's the beginning of an eventual process where all memories begin to become more fluid through entanglements, repetition and rupture."

Stage 5. "Post-Awareness Stage 5 confusions and horror. More extreme entanglements, repetition and rupture can give way to calmer moments. The unfamiliar may sound and feel familiar. Time is often spent only in the moment leading to isolation."

Stage 6. The only stage of the album without a description, because is when the person with dementia comes into a hollow and then passed away.