{"product_id":"toth-practice-magic-and-seek-professional-help-when-necessary-limited-edition-purple-lp","title":"Tōth - Practice Magic and Seek Professional Help When Necessary Limited Edition Purple LP","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn July 2016, Alex Toth was recovering from a broken foot and a broken heart, stuck in his fourth-floor apartment in Brooklyn with cast and crutches. This is where Tōth’s “achingly beautiful” debut album, Practice Magic and Seek Professional Help When Necessary, was born.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA few months earlier, Alex and his Rubblebucket cofounder and love of more than eleven years had “consciously uncoupled,” after a period of helping each other through devastating challenges. Alex was lightning-struck by sadness. “Almost convalescent” at times, in his words, though rarely still. A jazz trumpeter by training, Alex is always, always writing. And that spring, a new kind of music started to come—raw, stripped-down songs unfurling without agenda, bent over an acoustic guitar. It never occurred to Alex that he was making an album.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe idea sprouted in songwriting sessions with his friend Kimbra, when she heard this new sound and encouraged Alex to make a record. But it didn’t solidify until June 2016, when Alex was onstage with his punk project, Alexander F, and broke his foot. Stuck there in his apartment all summer, Tōth came to life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePractice Magic and Seek Professional Help When Necessary, due May 2019 from Northern Spy Records (worldwide) and Figureight Records (UK\/Europe), is a self-help guide unlike any other—a breakup album before wholeness, but after anger. The album turns as it goes, through “lush, windswept sonics” (Gorilla Vs. Bear), bebop trumpet solos, and spare guitar, recalling the Beach Boys in one bar and Arthur Russell in the next. It’s an album for remembering and letting go—and discovering what magic remains.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCREDITS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eall songs written by Alex Toth, except for:\u003cbr\u003e“Down For The Count” written by Alex Toth \u0026amp; Kimbra Johnson, “No Reason” written by Alex Toth \u0026amp; Kris Barrett\u003cbr\u003e“Funny Business” written by Alex Toth \u0026amp; Brad Truax\u003cbr\u003e“Decay” written by Alex Toth \u0026amp; Jen Goma\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMixed by Andrew Sarlo\u003cbr\u003eMastered by Sarah Register\u003cbr\u003eMostly self-recorded in Alex Toth’s apartment in Brooklyn, NY between June 2016 and February 2018\u003cbr\u003eCover photo by Chris Weiss\u003cbr\u003eCover design by Aaron Denton\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTracks 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11 self-recorded in Alex's apartment in Brooklyn, NY\u003cbr\u003eTracks 1 \u0026amp; 9 engineered by Aaron Roche at Loft in Gowanus, May 2017\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTrack 4, violins on track 8, \u0026amp; vocal overdubs (trk 7) engineered by Sam Owens at Figure Eight Recording in Prospect Heights\u003cbr\u003eDrums + upright bass overdubs for tracks 2, 4, 5, 7, 8 recorded at Rivington Studios engineered by Nico\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmbient overdubs tracks 3, 4, 10 \u0026amp; violas track 7 via Aaron Roche at Loft in Gowanus\u003cbr\u003eAdditional overdubs recorded in Alex’s apt in BK and at Sonora Recorders in LA (with Andrew Sarlo)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI got so much really crucial encouragement early on from very dear humans I love — without which I never ever would’ve followed through with this record.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpecial Thanks:\u003cbr\u003eBrad Truax, Drew Robinson, Kimbra Johnson, Aaron Roche, Kris Barrett, Jen Goma, Jeremy Gustin, Ryan Dugre, Rob Abelow, Nicoll Bien, Northern Spy team (Chris, Adam, Tom, Cody and all), Figureight Records team (Hildur, James, Shahzad), Hannah Epperson, Joanna Sternberg, Julie Hill, Grey McMurray, Aaron Roche, Michael Leviton, Monica Hofstadter, Kalmia Traver, Kenneth Edwards, Julia Easterlin, Bridget Kearney, Andrea Diaz, Ben Davis, Mu Tunc, ThrdCoast, Amanda Bonaiuto, Lyla, Kathleen Toth\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Northern Spy Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49962588799291,"sku":"LP-NS-114C","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0916\/7831\/0715\/files\/a0164097588_10.jpg?v=1736541769","url":"https:\/\/clandestinedistribution.com\/products\/toth-practice-magic-and-seek-professional-help-when-necessary-limited-edition-purple-lp","provider":"Clandestine Distribution ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}