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Kalbells: Mothertime - CASSETTESTitle: Mothertime Artist: Kalbells Label: Nna Tapes Product Type: CASSETTES UPC: 634457012608 Genre: Electronic Release Date: 2020 04 10 Number of Discs: 1 Additional Details: DIGITAL DOWNLOAD CARD In April 2015, Kalmia Traver (Kalbells, Rubblebucket) had just come out of an intensive 2 month writing retreat with 27 songlets in hand, 10 of which would become Kalbells debut album Ten Flowers. Jeremy Malvin (Chrome Sparks) loved what she shared with him
Title: MothertimeArtist: Kalbells
Label: Nna Tapes
Product Type: CASSETTES
UPC: 634457012608
Genre: Electronic
Release Date: 2020-04-10
Number of Discs: 1
Additional Details: DIGITAL DOWNLOAD CARD
In April 2015, Kalmia Traver (Kalbells, Rubblebucket) had just come out of an intensive 2-month writing retreat with 27 songlets in hand, 10 of which would become Kalbells debut album Ten Flowers. Jeremy Malvin (Chrome Sparks) loved what she shared with him then, and the two began regular co-production sessions in his studio in Brooklyn, where classical percussion ensemble So Percussion also worked. Drawing inspiration from the abundance of acoustic sound-makers all around, Jeremy performed marimbas, cactus shakers, and massive bass drums, while Kal layered flute arpeggios, penny whistles, and saxophones through tape echo to make smooth harmonic waves of rainbow velvet layer cake. They pretended to be an orchestra. Lyrically, the Mothertime EP sees Kal processing themes she has been continually chewing on in the 6-year wake of surviving ovarian cancer and transforming a codependent relationship wither her long-time music partner Alex Toth (TOth, Rubblebucket): resilience, yielding, beckoning creativity, self-exploration, and joy."Cool and Bendable" was inspired by a dream in which she held her yet-unborn child, but as Kal finished writing the song in the studio with Jeremy, she realized it was actually about holding herself, a body, a life. "Supple, strong, funny: a person, a being," she says. "I also think I was celebrating in awe the general aliveness of our world, Earth." "Mothertime," is about her mother and their relationship, which she describes as her most cherished learning-grounds. "It's about the bewildering beauty and uncanniness of the fact that we can keep growing & changing so much, cueing off each other across our two mobius-entwined lifetimes." The EPs final two tracks, "Precipice" and "Tremble," are both about the struggle of being in a codependent relationship: the sadness of neglect, the zing of excitement during a bitter fight, the addictive explosion of energy that feels momentarily gratifying but isn't ultimately what one is searching for, truly, and the cyclical realization (and perhaps, denial) of harming oneself or others. "It's something I feel proud to have moved and grown through," she says, "and I hope writing about it can be a form of revealing the illusion, and healing."
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Not sewn together well
Color: Can’T Be Tamed, Size: 9.5" h x 8" w x 4.5" d, Color: Can’T Be Tamed, Size: 9.5" h x 8" w x 4.5" d
Back seam ripped open within the first 30 seconds of giving it to my dog.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2026
★★★★★ 1
Had big hole in it
Color: Perching Perfection, Size: 7.5" x 6.75" x 6"
This toy had a hole in it when I got it. Like they missed a seam. I meant to return it. But I had a lot going on and forgot to. My dog loved it when I showed it to him. I handed it to him then realized it had a big hole and I had to take it away. Poor guy. He really wanted it.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2026
★★★★★ 1
STEER CLEAR
Color: Can’T Be Tamed, Size: 9.5" h x 8" w x 4.5" d, Color: Can’T Be Tamed, Size: 9.5" h x 8" w x 4.5" d
Very thin and cheaply made! Same brand sold in Sam's Club in a 3-pack was of much better quality! Steer clear of these!!
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Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2026
★★★★★ 1
Not sewn together well
Color: Can’T Be Tamed, Size: 9.5" h x 8" w x 4.5" d, Color: Can’T Be Tamed, Size: 9.5" h x 8" w x 4.5" d
Back seam ripped open within the first 30 seconds of giving it to my dog.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2026
★★★★★ 4
Cute donuts. Not destroyed (yet!)
These squeaky doughnuts are really cute. It’s a bonus that it comes with two. I didn’t realize that when I ordered. I have two dogs and now they won’t fight over a doughnut just kidding one dog is 14 and doesn’t play with toys anymore. The other one is six and loves toys but for some reason he’s not really into this one maybe this will change but for now he only goes after it if I throw it, I’ll update this review to comment on durability if and when he starts playing with the toy, but for now it’s very adorable because it’s just sitting on the floor.
Update: he picked one up only because I put it in front of him to take the photo!
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Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2026