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Bath by Cuddle Magic (Digital)

Album Description

Cuddle Magic recorded their newest album in a bathroom. What you hear is six people performing together (without headphones, amplification, or overdubs) nestled amidst 23 microphones in a bathroom.

Why the bathroom? In the winter of 2013, Cuddle Magic spent three months camped out at the same address, recording a beautiful and idiosyncratic set of richly orchestrated tracks. But none of it felt quite right, except for one recording, the product of one fortuitous afternoon spent crowding around a pump organ in the bathroom.

That singularly successful bathroom recording was never forgotten, and became the inspiration for Cuddle Magic’s sixth album, Bath. The bathroom tra... [Read more]

Released on Cuddle Magic's Bandcamp. Info: released July 3, 2020

ALEC SPIEGELMAN: bass clarinet, alto flute, voice, guitar, harmonica
BENJAMIN LAZAR DAVIS: voice, guitar
CHRISTOPHER MCDONALD: pump organ, keyboards, voice, guitar
COLE KAMEN-GREEN: trumpet, keyboards, percussion
DAVID FLAHERTY: percussion, sink
KRISTIN SLIPP: voice, keyboards, pump organ

with
BRIDGET KEARNEY: bass, voice on “WHAT IF I” and “STILL IN TOUCH”

RECORDED BY CHRISTOPHER MCDONALD AT THE PADDOCK IN EAST HAMPTON, NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2018

PRODUCED BY CUDDLE MAGIC

ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION BY JEREMY MCDONALD

MIXED AND MASTERED BY CHRISTOPHER MCDONALD IN PHILADELPHIA, MARCH/APRIL 2020

“WHAT IF I” was written by Cuddle Magic. “WORKING ON ME” and “ANYTHING” were written by Kristin Slipp and Cole Kamen-Green. “STILL IN TOUCH” and “GRACEFULLY” were written by Alec Spiegelman. “ELEANOR” was written by Benjamin Lazar Davis, Alec Spiegelman, and Sarah Pedinotti. “WHATEVER I WANT” was written by Bridget Kearney. “THIS WAY” was written by Kristin Slipp. “HURT A LITTLE” was written by Alec Spiegelman and Ana Egge. “VALID JAGGER” was written by Joan Wasser. “SINGALONG” was written by Alec Spiegelman and Benjamin Lazar Davis.

Bridget Kearney appears courtesy of Nonesuch Records and Verve Forecast.

© 2020 Northern Spy Records

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