[1] Inspired by the film The Shining (1980),[2] the pseudonym's first releases were heavily influenced by the movie's haunted ballroom scene.

[4] Shifting record labels, Persistent Repetition of Phrases (2008) changed from V/Vm Test to History Always Favours the Winners.

[8] After five years without any releases, Kirby announced that he would be "giving the alias dementia" with an album series titled Everywhere at the End of Time (2016–2019).

[14][15][16] Alongside the final album of the series, Everywhere, an Empty Bliss was released, according to Kirby, as "a surprise golden farewell".

[17] He added that it is: "one last chance to raise a charged glass for those we lost along the way, for all the works, for those ghosts from our past, for our uncertain future and for the Caretaker.

"Benjamin Beyond Bliss" features a sample of a song by piano duo Layton & Johnstone that is manipulated so that only small parts of the voice are recognizable.

[17][27] Kirby's last work as the Caretaker,[28] Everywhere, an Empty Bliss was released on 14 March 2019, alongside Stage 6 of the album series.

Hayden Menzies, drummer of band Metz, wrote for Bandcamp Daily that the album "is kind of terrifying for a lot of people and understandably so".

Richard Allen of website A Closer Listen felt that, along with the album series, the release "offers dignity to those suffering from the disease, as well as encouragement to caregivers".

[19] However, reviewing the album series for Spectrum Culture, Holly Hazelwood stated that it can "seem excessive to want to listen to another 40 minutes of [the] Caretaker's music" following "six-and-a-half hours within the sound of someone losing the fundamental building blocks of who they are".

[3] Along with Everywhere at the End of Time, Everywhere, an Empty Bliss ranked fourth on A Closer Listen's top releases of the 2010s listing.