{"product_id":"magic-trick-other-mans-blues-cd-1451902212","title":"Magic Trick - Other Man's Blues [CD]","description":"\u003cp\u003eLimited vinyl LP pressing. 2016 release. Other Man's Blues was written and recorded while songwriter Tim Cohen split his time between two lives and two worlds, a horse ranch with his newborn daughter, and on tour or at Phil Manley's Lucky Cat Studios in San Francisco. A book of songs Cohen had written while bouncing to and fro sufficed in lieu of rehearsal time with the 13 other musicians who appear on the tracks: James Kim and James Barone (Beach House) on drums; Alicia Van Heuvel (Aislers Set) and Paul Garcia on bass; Joel Robinow (Once and Future Band \/ Danny James) on keys; Emmett Kelly (The Cairo Gang \/ The Muggers) on guitar; and omnipresent vocal harmonies from Alicia, Noelle Cahill and Anna Hillburg. The album is a loose, largely improvised affair, with many guest appearances and stop-ins. Allegedly tequila was centrally involved. It's the principle that gave this project a name five years ago. Especially in this case, the players on the album define what shapes these songs take. A ghostly choir of female voices opens the album like a séance, with the spirit they conjure flitting about the ensuing ten tracks, from the baroque pop of \"Forest of Kates\" to the icy post-punk of \"I Held the Ring.\" There's the air-tight R\u0026amp;B groove of \"Startling Chimes,\" the krauty \"Purest Thing,\" a jammy side-to-side trot that moves \"First Thought\" along, taking a detour into country before culminating in a glorious Grateful Dead-indebted coda. Throughout, it's Cohen's lyrics that are pushed to the front of the mix-collectively fleshed out, from his composition book.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMore\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForest Of Kates\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Held The Ring\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScorpio\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFirst Thought\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMockingbird\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEternal Summer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePurest Thing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStartling Chimes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOysters\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"39","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50791445692712,"sku":"81451902212","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0933\/3833\/7576\/files\/3427487.jpg?v=1763991911","url":"https:\/\/waterloorecords.com\/products\/magic-trick-other-mans-blues-cd-1451902212","provider":"Waterloo Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}