Leyland Kirby
Sadly, The Future Is No Longer What It Was (Deluxe Six LP Edition)

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*PLEASE NOTE THAT THE THREE LEYLAND KIRBY LP SLEEVES ARE HELD TOGETHER WITH GLUE SPOTS. PLEASE SEPARATE RECORDS VERY GENTLY TO AVOID ANY DAMAGE TO THE SLEEVES*

These pieces are the first released by The Caretaker’s James Kirby under his own name and are the result of
an intense period of production aimed at encapsulating a deep feeling of loss and alienation. What started as a concept for a simple single album soon turned into a double-album, then into a double- double-album before finally ending up as a triple- double-vinyl-album and triple-compact-disc soundtrack. As James Leyland Kirby himself describes it: “Here we stand, twenty years on from the first cd, and our optimism has gradually been eroded away collectively. 'Tomorrows World' never came. We are lost and isolated, many of us living our lives
through social networks as we try to make sense of it all, becoming voyeurs not active participants. Documenting everything. No mystery. Everything laid bare for all to see. 'Sadly, the future is no longer what it was' is the soundtrack to a world in decline, the heroism of modern life, a document of loss, an essay in gloom,
delivered with a brutally honest appreciation of the pitiful truth.