Name: The Milk of Human Kindness
Brand: Caribou

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

BAY42VC

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Colour

black

Colour details

Discogs ID

Discs

Download code

Download code: Yes

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

1000

Release date

2021-07-30

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

843190000166

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

bay42cd

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Download code: No

2014-09-21

84319000015

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Caribou

Genre GB

Alternative / Modern

Label GB

The Leaf Label

The Milk of Human Kindness is a 2005 album by Caribou. Caribou is the performing name of Dan Snaith who was previously known as Manitoba until he was forced to change it after a threat of a lawsuit by American punk musician Handsome Dick Manitoba of The Dictators. The first thing you notice about The Milk of Human Kindness is the emotional depth and range. The bear masks are off, the naked passions are running free. Like a lost album that’s just been rediscovered in a basement for the first time since 1973, it’s part reflective, campfire-comedown, part rampage of sonic discovery, reveling in energy and motion. Rather than a rainbow blur, the album’s sounds are distinctive and dynamic. From the carnival-esque whirl of ridiculous melodies, effusive noise, stampeding beats and furiously harmonised vocals of first single Yeti, then veering from insanely loud and aggressive bursts (Hands First), to military tattoos, unexpected showers of Indian bells (Brahminy Kite), and almost renaissance-style hip-hop laced with blissful piano melodies (Lord Leopard, Pelican Narrows), free-spirited musical abandon abounds.

The Milk of Human Kindness

Music GB