Toth – And The Voice Said [Colored Vinyl] (Crem) [Download Included]

Toth’s paradoxical third album, And The Voice Said, is a prayer to be able to pray, a meditation on why he meditates, and a collection of jokes about what he holds sacred.”I’ve always felt conflicted about my spiritual strivings,” Toth says. “I never wanted to identify as a Buddhist because Buddhism is supposed to be about non-identity. There’s a classic line: ‘If you see the Buddha, kill the Buddha.’ This album is my attempt to kill the Buddha.”For Toth, that might mean ending shows with audience-wide singalongs of “Open your heart to the universe!” Part irony, part catharsis. “It’s tongue-in-cheek but joyous,” he explains. “My default is so negative and self-loathing. I’m poking fun at the same things I need to survive.”That duality – humor and holiness, irony and sincerity – runs through the album, which features a duet with Kimbra and was co-produced by Grammy-nominated artist Caroline Rose.It’s also the first Toth album involving another producer