If Miniature World Is Our Safe Space, Then Pass Me The Shrink Ray (Album)

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1.	The Dinosaurs Were Investigating a Cowboy Robot (featuring Cesca) 05:57	buy track
2.	If Miniature World Is Our Safe Space, Then Pass Me The Shrink Ray (featuring Valeska Rautenberg) 04:31	buy track
3.	Once You Stray Into The Labyrinth, You Can Never Come Back (featuring Scarlet Season) 05:33	buy track
4.	Can You Suggest An Authentic Dutch Experience In A Nearby Village (featuring Marta Hagen) 03:51	buy track
5.	We Have Taken Too Much From The Creatures Of This World (featuring Valeska Rautenberg) 05:23	buy track
6.	But Now We're Not In The Dark (featuring Maps) 05:23	buy track
7.	Watch For The Shadows Of Monsters That Hang From The Ceiling (featuring Lív Næs) 04:54	buy track
8.	Some Of Us Are Lost (featuring Scarlet Season) 04:11	buy track
9.	She Will Forever Be Known As The Chanteuse Of The Stars (featuring Marta Hagen) 09:00	buy track
10.	If Miniature World Is Our Safe Space, Then Pass Me The Shrink Ray (featuring Valeska Rautenberg) (Lederrick Remix) 03:30	buy track

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'If Miniature World Is Our Safe Space, Then Pass Me The Shrink Ray’ is the new album from the Russian Linesman. The project features a number of collaborators, most significantly Mercury Music Prize nominated Maps (Mute Records), Lederrick, Valeska Rautenberg, Marta Hagen, Lív Næs, Scarlet Season and Cesca.

The album was inspired by a rummage through old boxes of lyrics and diaries during lockdown, this musical journey explores the emotional complexities of navigating modern life while yearning for the simplicity of the past. It delves into the weight of expectations and obligations, transporting listeners to moments of wonder and enchantment and rekindling a sense of curiosity long forgotten.

Psychology-wise, the whole concept came from internal coping strategies during lockdown, nostalgia and warm past memories juxtaposed with the affliction of growing older and the world forcing change upon you. It fits in with the work of Johannes Hofer and Krystine Batcho on the psychological purpose of nostalgia. Does nostalgia strengthen our sense of self, or is it something that holds us back?

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released June 16, 2023

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Russian Linesman Nottingham, UK

Recording music in his secret lair. Capturing snippets of vocals, guitars and pianos, and enclosing them in a digital sarcophagus. I am NOT Russian #standwithukraine

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