On March 4, 2016, “Ribbon Music” label released “A Man Alive”, the fourth Thao & the Get Down Stay Down studio album. It was recorded in 2015, at “Tiny Telephone & Different Fur Studios” in San Francisco, and was produced by Merrill Garbus.

Personnel:

• Thao Nguyen– vocals, bass, clapping, composer, drum programming, drums, guitar, loops, mandolin, oscillator, percussion, telecaster, toy piano, univox
• Merrill Garbus– vocals, backing vocals, bass, cabasa, clapping, farfisa organ, flute, sampling
• Lynne Angel – drum samples, inspiration
• Johanna Kunin – vocals, backing vocals
• Sami Perez – clapping, backing vocals, clapping
• Jason Slota – clapping, cowbell, drums, gamelan, percussion, shaker, tambourine
• Beau Sorenson – clapping, engineer, guitar, linn drum, loops, mixing, programming, sampling, sequencing
• Adam Thompson – audio manipulation, bass, casio, clapping, glockenspiel, guitar, polysynth, synthesizer, synthesizer bass
• Charlie Glenn – guitar, organ, piano, lapsteel

Track listing:

1. Astonished Man
2. Slash/Burn
3. The Evening
4. Departure
5. Nobody Dies
6. Guts
7. Fool Forever
8. Millionaire
9. Meticulous Bird
10. Give Me Peace
11. Hand to God
12. Endless Love