they’re with you always by mu tate

There’s so many ways to lose someone from your past, but more often than not we tend to just forget them. These people oftentimes still exist, and we could theoretically run into them one day. But the fact is, despite these people saying something that stuck with us forever or giving us something that we still have in a drawer in our house, we’ll almost certainly never see them again. To explore this feeling more deeply, Mu Tate gives us an ambient album called They’re with You Always, a potent reminder that we always bear these people’s influence. This record guides us in meditation, placing us back in our childhood homes to recognize the presence of those we’ve forgotten. Constant, hypnotic pulses draw us into our minds, as the occasional familiar sample refocuses our journey onto our early memories. Yet another record we talk about here that hones in on an extremely specific, often overlooked emotional experience, the latest from Mu Tate will give you a completely new perspective on your childhood.

- Michael