RECORDED SONGS FROM THE TOASTER, VOL. 1
RECORDED SONGS FROM THE TOASTER, VOL. 1
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Recorded Songs from the Toaster is where the music and the writing are closest to the same thing. These songs were drawn largely from the emotional territory of Poems from the Toaster, Vol. II, written when those poems were still fresh in Kitzmiller's mind, still warm from the page. Several arrived in the studio as poems first and left as songs. The transition is not always audible. That is the point.
The debut volume under Ace of Toaster Records, this is singer/songwriter music at its most confessional: acoustic at the core, alt-rock in its fuller moments, and honest throughout in the specific way that writing something for your own ears rather than for anyone else's tends to be.
About the Album
About the Album
Recorded in collaboration with Some Guy Named Tim and The James Fields Band, Vol. 1 covers eleven tracks across a range of emotional territory: love and the hesitation before it, heartbreak and the specific absurdity of living inside it, and the ordinary days that somehow ask the most of a person. The songs move between stripped-down acoustic confessionals and fuller arrangements that give the heavier moments the weight they need.
The bonus track Blue, featuring Some Guy Named Tim's Wife, closes the album quietly. It is the color the whole record has been washing in.
Track Listing
Track Listing
Should I Kiss You
PJ's and Showers
Pharmaceutical Grade
On Repeat
Meals from a Paper Bag
Just Don't Go
It Rains Too Much
In a Minute
86 Reasons Not to Love
Second Place, Second Rate
Blue (Bonus Track, feat. Some Guy Named Tim's Wife)
The Connection to the Poems
The Connection to the Poems
Should I Kiss You began as a poem in Poems from the Toaster before finding its way into this recording. It is not the only track that made that journey. Recorded Songs Vol. 1 draws broadly from the emotional world of Poems from the Toaster, Vol. II, and readers familiar with those collections will recognize the voice immediately. The same one, now set to music.
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Recorded Songs from the Toaster is an ongoing series. New volumes will be released through Ace of Toaster Records as they are completed.
Related Works
Related Works
Readers of Poems from the Toaster will find familiar emotional territory throughout this album. Should I Kiss You appears in both. For the heavier, more confrontational side of Kitzmiller's music, Burnt Songs from the Toaster Vol. I is the natural next listen.
Recorded Songs from the Toaster, Vol. 1
Recorded Songs from the Toaster, Vol. 1
All songs written and composed by: David Kitzmiller
Performed by: The James Fields Band and Some Guy Named Tim
Produced by: Hector LaNona
Mixed by: Kyle Kitzmiller
Mastered by: Eric Gates
Recorded at: FarmStyle Studio, Nashville, TN and Seven Sound, Indianapolis, IN
Label: Ace of Toaster Records
Published by: Norman Kitzmiller Publications
© 2025 Norman Kitzmiller Publications
℗ 2025 Norman Kitzmiller Publications
Listen to Recorded Songs from the Toaster Vol. 1 on Spotify
Listen to Recorded Songs from the Toaster Vol. 1 on Spotify
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