The Milk of Human Kindness is a 2005 album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 by Caribou

Caribou (musician)

Daniel Victor Snaith is a composer, musician and recording artist under stage names Caribou, Manitoba and Daphni. Under the supervision of Kevin Buzzard, he obtained a PhD in mathematics at Imperial College London.- Career:...

. Caribou is the performing name of Dan Snaith who was previously known as Manitoba

Caribou (musician)

Daniel Victor Snaith is a composer, musician and recording artist under stage names Caribou, Manitoba and Daphni. Under the supervision of Kevin Buzzard, he obtained a PhD in mathematics at Imperial College London.- Career:...

 until he was forced to change it after a threat of a lawsuit by American

United States

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 punk

Punk rock

Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...

 musician Handsome Dick Manitoba

Richard Manitoba

Richard "Handsome Dick" Manitoba is an American punk rock singer and radio personality, best known as the lead singer of the New York City band The Dictators.- Background :...

 of The Dictators

The Dictators

The Dictators are an American punk rock band formed in New York City in 1973. Critic John Dougan said that they were "one of the finest and most influential proto-punk bands to walk the earth." The Dictators are represented in the "Punk Wing" of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in Cleveland, Ohio...

.

While the title is a quote from Shakespeare's play Macbeth

Macbeth

The Tragedy of Macbeth is a play by William Shakespeare about a regicide and its aftermath. It is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy and is believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607...

, Snaith has been quoted as saying that he read it off the back of a milk truck.

Track listing

1. "Yeti" – 5:01
2. "Subotnick" – 1:05
3. "A Final Warning" – 7:15
4. "Lord Leopard" – 1:37
5. "Bees" – 5:23
6. "Hands First" – 0:29
7. "Hello Hammerheads" – 2:42
8. "Brahminy Kite" – 5:22
9. "Drumheller" – 1:33
10. "Pelican Narrows" – 3:50
11. "Barnowl" – 5:50

Singles

"Yeti"

1. Yeti - 5:01
2. The Spiritually Immature Mansion - 2:11
3. Boreal Forest Opper - 8:06

"Barnowl"

1. Barnowl - 5:50

Influence

In 2009, Seattle emcee producer

Hip hop production

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 Ryan Lewis sampled

Sampling (music)

In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or a different sound recording of a song or piece. Sampling was originally developed by experimental musicians working with musique concrète and electroacoustic music, who physically...

the song "Subotnik" for "Vipassana," the first track on their critically acclaimed project, The VS. EP.

External links

• Releases page on official website
• In the Mix interview with Dan Snaith