Caretaker formed at Alton College, Hampshire in 1998. We began by playing covers at events organised by the college but soon started writing our own material. Shortly after this we circulated a cobbled together demo, and this culminated in our first show at the Farnham Maltings in April 99.
We have since then released several records and received extensive play on Radio 1, including the great late John Peel (R.I.P), and have journeyed through music's various pigeon-holes, travelling from indie through post-rock and heading towards a heavier, more progressive sound over the last couple of years.
NEW ALBUM ON SALE!: 'We Bake Our Bread Beneath Her Holy Fire', the third studio album from Thumpermonkey Lives is now available direct from www.genin.co.uk, (and other sources linked from here. If you need convincing, you can listen to / download the whole thing here. Also, check out the ecstatic latest review from Organ Magazine, and check out the video to the album's closing song '419' here.
How's it going? There is a free track available for you at the moment on our myspace page. Just click the FREE DOWNLOAD box at the top of the page and enter a valid email to download the tune. How cool is that!
Have a great week and thank you very much for being electronically connected to us as friends and fans.
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