Toadies - The Charmer

Toadies — The Charmer

Limited Edition Coke Bottle Clear colored vinyl

One of the last recordings produced by the legendary Steve Albini (Nirvana, PJ Harvey, etc.)

Capturing for the first time the platinum-selling Texas foursome playing live!

Toadies' long-awaited eighth album, The Charmer is their most personal and visceral to date. One of the last recordings by the late, legendary producer Steve Albini (Nirvana, PJ Harvey etc.), it captures for the first time the platinum-selling Texas foursome playing live in the same room on a studio recording, bottling their singular
Southern-tinted grunge like never before.

"Albini has been our dream producer since 1993,"says Vaden Todd Lewis, Toadies' founding vocalist, guitarist and primary songwriter. "He came as advertised," adds bassist Donivan Blair. "He had an acerbic wit and dark sense of humor so we felt at home. And his dedication to the craft of recording blew my mind."

To release The Charmer, the band has partnered with Austin's pioneering Spaceflight Records (Die Spitz, The Sword, Heartless Bastards etc.). Spaceflight's bold non-profit model challenges industry norms."The goal of Spaceflight seems too be different than the goal of most recordl labels,which is just to sell as many records as possible at any cost," says Toadies' guitarist Clark Vogeler." As a non-profit, Spaceflight's primary aim is to support artists and promote inclusivity and diversity in the industry. Having been in this industry for over 30 years, we appreciate that artist-friendly arrangement which allows us to fully own our masters, make a fair royalty and, if we sell a bunch of records, we all benefit."

Made on their own terms, with their dream producer, and released through a hands-off label that puts the artist first, The Charmer is the most definitely "Toadies" album yet.

1. Ash's Theme

2. Come To Life

3. The Charmer

4. I Wanted To Be Everywhere

5. Long Time

6. I Walk A Line

7. Get Out Of Your Head

8. Damage

9. Closer To You

10. Normal

11. I Call Your Name

12. Gasoline Jane

13. In Bandages

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