November 13, 2013
Purgatory/Paradise is out now in the UK (The Friday Project) and digitally worldwide. US (Harper Collins’ It Books) pre-orders are available now for a December 3, 2013 release. The art book is 64-pages of lyrics, essays, and photos and includes … Read more
Posted in: news, Throwing Muses
January 3, 2012
Throwing Muses is in the process of mixing their new record, which, for now at least is coming in at 38 songs(!)
This one is entirely listener-funded thanks to Kristin’s subscribers (Strange Angels) and other generous contributors via … Read more
Posted in: news, Throwing Muses
December 19, 2011
With Love From TheMen’s Room CDs are just in from the manufacturer and look great — thanks to Jesse Von Doom’s beautiful design and artwork. Strange Angels will be contacted about their copies shortly after the holidays.
Track listing: Free … Read more
Posted in: 50FOOTWAVE
December 23, 2010
A Throwing Muses memory: we were playing a club in Texas–a late show on a stormy night–where everybody was high except us. Everybody was really, really high except us. And not high on anything recognizable. Like Extreme Ecstasy plus acid … Read more
Posted in: music, Throwing Muses, words
November 29, 2010
If you watch your friends carefully, sometimes you’ll notice their features beginning to change; curling up into themselves, looking within rather than without. Hurt feelings or a distracting life event may precede this – sleepy disappointment, confusion. Sometimes your friend … Read more
Posted in: music, Throwing Muses, words
November 2, 2010
In Palm Springs, California, we inherited a sad, little tree. It came with our rental and it was more like a stick with branches, but it was stuck in the ground and didn’t seem quite dead yet, so we called … Read more
Posted in: music, Throwing Muses, words
September 3, 2010
A couple of guys spilled off their motorcycle in front of us and died instantly, under a full moon. That desert moon that still shines on LA through the light noise. It actually seemed extra dark right then, even with … Read more
Posted in: music, Throwing Muses, words
August 4, 2010
Ugly couches’re like ugly dogs: they’re everywhere and they have a certain quirky charm. Maybe you’d prefer a pretty dog or a clean, lovely couch…you don’t know; it hasn’t come up. You feel lucky to rest your head on something… Read more
Posted in: music, Throwing Muses, words
June 28, 2010
I had a seizure one night, when I was a teenager, on the front step of Store 24 on Thayer Street in Providence. I was talking to my friend Mark and drinking a Coke, watching cars drive by, and then … Read more
Posted in: music, Throwing Muses, words
May 26, 2010
Swollen is Marilyn Munster; the last “normal” Throwing Muses song. This is, of course, just a demo, but you can tell she wears trim blouses and pumps, smiles politely and probably only eats animals that don’t have two heads. It … Read more
Posted in: music, Throwing Muses, words