Leyland Kirby - We drink to forget the coming storm

Experimental, ambient artist extraordinaire Leyland Kirby (The Caretaker, The Stranger) just released a 40-track album called "We drink to forget the coming storm" in celebration of his 40th birthday.  The album is a hushed and wistful piano-driven affair to soothes and breaks hearts.  Pay what you want to get the album here, though the artist recommends the price of a "birthday whiskey."  In the meantime, listen to the opening track below.

The Stranger

James Leyland Kirby has been making different kinds of music, though all in an experimental vein, for a number of years, recently putting out extraordinary works of ambience on the moniker of The Caretaker.  The man's got a new project called The Stranger, that weaves analog synth tones, fuzz, ambient noise, drone, and various bleeps and bloops to fine effect...moody, ethereal bliss.  Take a listen to "Where Are Our Monsters Now, Where Are Our Friends?" below and get the "Watching Dead Empires in Decay" LP on Modern Love.