Occasionally, ever since John Ringhofer released the first Half-handed Cloud album in 1999, people have asked him if he’s considered making music specifically for kids. Asthmatic Kitty Records is now delighted to announce that the day has finally arrived—introducing Half-handed Cloud’s Toothpaste Horse!
Toothpaste Horse is a 26-song album written and developed alongside John's four children, featuring fun-sized, gleeful melodies and handmade arrangements that navigate internal Ringhofer family logic. Most of these songs came about spontaneously as a byproduct of parenting young children, sung around their home nearly every day for years before being recorded. Topics range from motivational tunes for extinguishing light switches, to newborn baby love songs, to asking why there's a huge tower of discarded egg cartons in the corner — is it for a school project or something?
In producing Toothpaste Horse, Ringhofer revisited the art-making methods of his own late-70s and early-80s childhood, taping the album with a 4-track Portastudio recorder. It's like The Beach Boys' Smiley Smile if it had been recorded on a telephone answering machine. The vinyl pairs Toothpaste Horse with 2018's self-released I Don't Have A Bib, now mastered for the first time, totaling 53 songs on one record, alongside a foldout growth chart poster over three feet tall with Ringhofer's illustrations of the album's instrumentation.
Available for pre-order May 20th, releasing June 18th, 2026 on Asthmatic Kitty Records — all pre-orders include an immediate 27-song download of the newly mastered I Don't Have A Bib.
Toothpaste Horse (Side A)
1. Wake Up, It's True!
2. Galloping The Mandibular Concourse
3. Still Food In Your Bowl
4. The Solemn Rite Of Wiping
5. What? Where You Going?
6. Trying To Leave With The Chatterbox
7. Floor To Ceiling
8. What Is A Living For?
9. Little Baby Bee-Bah
10. Lady & Her Baby
11. Little Bubbles
12. Grandpop Bob Ping Pong Ball
13. Nonna Birthday Song
14. Sweetie Song
15. Aunt's Birthday
16. Four Kid Song
17. Rian’s Birthdee Song
18. Little Baby Boom
19. Baby's So Nice
20. Magic Markers
21. Sometimes (Not Your Favorite)
22. Baby In Your House
23. Working Together
24. Baby Houdini
25. I Like My Baby
26. Turn The Light Off
I Don't Have A Bib (Side B)
1. I Don't Have A Bib
2. Ringhofers Abroad
3. Diaper Cover Diaper
4. The Beatles
5. Runeberg Day
6. Kinda, Kinda, He's Walking Around
7. Yogurt Song
8. Tapes
9. Put Your Hands In The Santa Gloves
10. Who Needs A Bath?
11. Going To The Playground
12. What Do I Do? Everything!
13. Blanket Fort Song
14. Popcorn Song
15. We Have A Little Baby
16. Just A Little Bit Of Pizza
17. I Don't Have A Bib (Mouse Version)
18. Doctor Rainbow
19. Welcome To Baby Ringhofer
20. Hoarding Starts At Birth
21. This Must Be So
22. Pick-up Song
23. Getting Ready To Go
24. Going Pee Pee Is So Fun
25. Wash Your Hands And Your Fingers
26. Brush Your Teeth Teeth Teeth
27. Lullaby
This item is a PRE-ORDER and is expected to ship close to the release date in mid-June. If you're ordering in-stock items at the same time, we recommend placing separate orders if you’d prefer your in-stock items to ship right away. Item ship from Crozet, Virginia, USA. Delivery times vary by shipping method. International orders may be subject to customs or duty fees, which are not calculated or charged by AKR.
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Occasionally, ever since John Ringhofer released the first Half-handed Cloud album in 1999, people have asked him if he’s considered making music specifically for kids. Asthmatic Kitty Records is now delighted to announce that the day has finally arrived—introducing Half-handed Cloud’s Toothpaste Horse!
Toothpaste Horse is a 26-song album written and developed alongside John's four children, featuring fun-sized, gleeful melodies and handmade arrangements that navigate internal Ringhofer family logic. Most of these songs came about spontaneously as a byproduct of parenting young children, sung around their home nearly every day for years before being recorded. Topics range from motivational tunes for extinguishing light switches, to newborn baby love songs, to asking why there's a huge tower of discarded egg cartons in the corner — is it for a school project or something?
In producing Toothpaste Horse, Ringhofer revisited the art-making methods of his own late-70s and early-80s childhood, taping the album with a 4-track Portastudio recorder. It's like The Beach Boys' Smiley Smile if it had been recorded on a telephone answering machine. The vinyl pairs Toothpaste Horse with 2018's self-released I Don't Have A Bib, now mastered for the first time, totaling 53 songs on one record, alongside a foldout growth chart poster over three feet tall with Ringhofer's illustrations of the album's instrumentation.
Available for pre-order May 20th, releasing June 18th, 2026 on Asthmatic Kitty Records — all pre-orders include an immediate 27-song download of the newly mastered I Don't Have A Bib.
Toothpaste Horse (Side A)
1. Wake Up, It's True!
2. Galloping The Mandibular Concourse
3. Still Food In Your Bowl
4. The Solemn Rite Of Wiping
5. What? Where You Going?
6. Trying To Leave With The Chatterbox
7. Floor To Ceiling
8. What Is A Living For?
9. Little Baby Bee-Bah
10. Lady & Her Baby
11. Little Bubbles
12. Grandpop Bob Ping Pong Ball
13. Nonna Birthday Song
14. Sweetie Song
15. Aunt's Birthday
16. Four Kid Song
17. Rian’s Birthdee Song
18. Little Baby Boom
19. Baby's So Nice
20. Magic Markers
21. Sometimes (Not Your Favorite)
22. Baby In Your House
23. Working Together
24. Baby Houdini
25. I Like My Baby
26. Turn The Light Off
I Don't Have A Bib (Side B)
1. I Don't Have A Bib
2. Ringhofers Abroad
3. Diaper Cover Diaper
4. The Beatles
5. Runeberg Day
6. Kinda, Kinda, He's Walking Around
7. Yogurt Song
8. Tapes
9. Put Your Hands In The Santa Gloves
10. Who Needs A Bath?
11. Going To The Playground
12. What Do I Do? Everything!
13. Blanket Fort Song
14. Popcorn Song
15. We Have A Little Baby
16. Just A Little Bit Of Pizza
17. I Don't Have A Bib (Mouse Version)
18. Doctor Rainbow
19. Welcome To Baby Ringhofer
20. Hoarding Starts At Birth
21. This Must Be So
22. Pick-up Song
23. Getting Ready To Go
24. Going Pee Pee Is So Fun
25. Wash Your Hands And Your Fingers
26. Brush Your Teeth Teeth Teeth
27. Lullaby
This item is a PRE-ORDER and is expected to ship close to the release date in mid-June. If you're ordering in-stock items at the same time, we recommend placing separate orders if you’d prefer your in-stock items to ship right away. Item ship from Crozet, Virginia, USA. Delivery times vary by shipping method. International orders may be subject to customs or duty fees, which are not calculated or charged by AKR.
