Good Grief, by Magic Al

Good Grief

by Magic Al

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1.	Cryin' at the Party 03:34	lyrics	buy track
Middle of the Night out on the town It’s been a while but we all feel you around Your distant confort it drifts with me I feel it coming on my visions getting blurry I’m Cryin’ at the party again Tearing up dancing with my friends Cryin’ at the party again Hang up the phone don’t be alone I had a dream we were 17 You just started fadin’ the knee of your favorite jeans Borrowed drinks out the side and go Drove to the party in your 03’ volvo Cause bakc then just before we knew What we had between us all and you And now this melancholy party it comes and goes Missing my friend with my friends And i’m Cryin at the party again Tearing up dancing to the band Cryin at the party again Hang up the phone don’t be alone I’m Cryin’ at the party again Tearing up dancing with my friends Cryin’ at the party again Hang up the phone don’t be alone I’m Cryin’ at the party again Tearing up dancing with my friends Cryin’ at the party again Hang up the phone don’t be alone I’m Cryin’ at the party again Tearing up dancing with my friends Cryin’ at the party again Hang up the phone don’t be alone
2.	Hello feat. Viv & Riley 02:53	info	buy track
3.	Party for One feat. Lou Hazel 03:46	lyrics	buy track
Waitin’ On a ride Sitting in my suit and tie Staring out the window at the road I was feeling shy Couldn't look you in the eye Good God wish I would’ve asked you to Leanin’ on the edge Heat in my chest How I wish buddy holly would play I don't wanna be alone With a kiss from a rose I should have known I’m a party for one at a party for two Watching your love from the outside Wish I was you That could be me Living my life in a fantasy Tired of playin’ pretend for a play it cool friend Do you need me like I need you Caught an electric feel Baby it’s real loud This is real now I’m a party for one at a party for two Watching your love from the outside Wish I was you That could be me Living my life in a fantasy This is my moment of a life time I am hypnotized I’m numb This time I feel synthesized Immobilized, stunned
4.	There Was a Moon feat. Molly Sarle 04:31	info	buy track
5.	2003 Suburban, 2021 Wedding 03:18	info	buy track
6.	WAKE UP feat. Amelia Meath & Lou Hazel 01:45	info	buy track
7.	Loose Lips feat. Joseph Terrell 03:12	info	buy track
8.	6 a.m. feat. Libby Rodenbough 03:59	info	buy track
9.	Live Forever feat. Rosali Middleman 01:39	info	buy track

about

In 2022, Bingham was blindsided by the deaths of his best friend, his aunt, and his college roommate within the span of a few months. As death has a habit of doing, these losses set his heart to questioning many things that had formerly felt concrete. He realized it had become harder to find the passion for music-making he’d once considered intrinsic. Searching for a new orientation, he turned to his eight year-old backseat wonderment and began the recording experiments that would become Good Grief.

Many of the tracks sprouted from the sense of a memory of his best friend, John, or his Aunt Angie which Bingham would then try to blow up to the scale of a song. He recalled John’s love of strumming along to CCR or Neil Young songs and found moments to lay breezy acoustic guitar over his stoner-ABBA beats. In this way the record-making served as a personal process of memorial, and beyond that a way to bring his living musical compatriots into a kind of togetherness with his lost loved ones. Throughout Good Grief, you can feel Bingham’s yearning to bridge the divides between dead and living, between profundity and lightness, between mourning and dancing.

credits

released November 10, 2023

Alex Bingham - Vocals, Bass, Mpc, Juno, DX7, Mellotron, Minilogue, Moog, Acetone, tr-8, Rubber bridge acoustic guitar, Wurli, Lap Steel pad, Organ, Highstrung Guitar
Whit Wright- Lap Steel, Pedal Steel
Brevan Hampden- Congas, Shaker, Tambourine, Percussion.
Matt McCaughan- Drums, Modular Synthesizer
Alexandra Sauser-Monnig- Background Vocals
Vivian Leva- Vocals
Riley Calcagno- Guitar
Taylor Meier- Vocals
Erin Rae- Background Vocals
George Sluppick- Tambourine, Percussion
Chris Frisina- Vocals, acoustic guitar
Ariel Pocock- Wurlitzer, Minilogue
Chris Boerner- Electric Guitar
Chris Gelb- Drums Percussion
Amelia Meath- Vocals, Background Vocals
Molly Sarle- Vocals
Saman Khoujinian- High strung acoustic Guitar
Sam Fribush- Wurlitzer, Organ, Juno
Ben Sloan- Percussion
Joseph Terrell- Vocals, High Strung Guitar
Chessa Rich- Background Vocals
Libby Rodenbough- Vocals, Background Vocals, Rhodes, Highstrung Guitar,
Sam Owens- Guitar
Rosali Middleman- Vocals, Background Vocals

Produced by Alex Bingham
Recorded at Bedtown Studios Lakehouse
Engineered by Alex Bingham
*There Was a Moon Engineered by Saman Khoujinian
Mixed by Sam Owens
Mastered by Chris Boerner
Cover Art by Nathaniel Russel
Photos by Jason Blyskal

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Magic Al Hillsborough, North Carolina

In the last ten years, Bingham has cemented himself as one of the most beloved sidepeople–primarily as a bass player–and producers in the world of folk and indie rock (especially emanating out of the Triangle of North Carolina). You might have seen him with Hiss Golden Messenger, Beth Orton, or Watchhouse, or heard his studio piloting of records by Lou Hazel and Libby Rodenbough. ... more

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