{"product_id":"half-handed-cloud-toothpaste-horse-lp","title":"Half-handed Cloud - Toothpaste Horse \/ I Don't Have A Bib LP","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOccasionally, 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\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003cem\u003eToothpaste Horse\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e! \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eToothpaste Horse\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 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?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn producing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003cem\u003eToothpaste Horse\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, 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' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSmiley Smile\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e if it had been recorded on a telephone answering machine. The vinyl pairs \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eToothpaste Horse \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewith 2018's self-released \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI\u003cem\u003e Don't Have A Bib\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, 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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-5969720a-7fff-7176-a23b-783f1a999582\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAvailable for pre-order \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-5969720a-7fff-7176-a23b-783f1a999582\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMay 20th, releasing June 18th, 2026 on Asthmatic Kitty Records — all pre-orders include an immediate 27-song download of the newly mastered \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eI Don't Have A Bib\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Half-handed Cloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42715986231367,"sku":"AKR154LP","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0185\/9528\/files\/ToothpasteHorse_Front.jpg?v=1779252946","url":"https:\/\/store.asthmatickitty.com\/products\/half-handed-cloud-toothpaste-horse-lp","provider":"Asthmatic Kitty Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}