Name: Sun Racket
Brand: Throwing Muses

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FIRECD574

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2020-09-04

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Supplier US

Redeye

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

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809236157423

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

FIRELP574X

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Artist

Throwing Muses

Genre US

Rock-Pop

Label US

Fire Records

Throwing Muses is an American indie rock band that was founded in 1981 in Newport, Rhode Island. Known for their unique sound and poetic lyrics, Throwing Muses has become a prominent figure in the alternative music scene. Led by the talented singer-songwriter *Kristin Hersh*, the band has released numerous critically acclaimed albums throughout their career.

Influenced by a diverse range of artists such as *The Amps*, *50 Foot Wave*, and *Tanya Donelly*, Throwing Muses has carved out their own distinct musical style. Their music often combines elements of post-punk, folk, and pop, creating a captivating blend that keeps listeners hooked.

With a discography spanning several decades, Throwing Muses continues to captivate audiences with their raw energy and thought-provoking lyrics. Fans of bands like *The Breeders*, *Juliana Hatfield*, and *Blake Babies* will find themselves drawn to the enchanting melodies and introspective storytelling found within Throwing Muses' music.

Sun Racket is the brand new album from legendary Boston trio Throwing Muses, consisting of Kristin Hersh, David Narcizo and Bernard Georges. The follow up to 2013’s Purgatory / Paradise is an outpouring of modal guitars, reverbed shapes, echoey drums and driving bass set behind Kristen Hersh’s well-thumbed notebook of storylines. A ten-song opus of suitably wrought tales set against a wall of sound that’s at once calm and ethereal before building into glorious cacophonous crescendos. When Throwing Muses wrote their last album, they were shattered. Pieces were coming and going, elements repeating and charging the whole. “It sounded beautiful jumping around like that”. Two-minute songs reappearing as twisted instrumentals or another song’s bridge. They mimicked the effect live which kept them on their toes. Whatever was happening was already over in other words. Sun Racket is the opposite. It refused to do anything but sit still. It says, “sit here and deal”. “All it asked of us was to comingle two completely disparate sonic vocabularies: one heavy noise, the other delicate music box. Turns out we didn’t have to do much. Sun Racket knew what it was doing and pushed us aside, which is always best. After thirty years of playing together, we trust each other implicitly but we trust the music more” - Kristin Hersh And so, they continue. Business unusual.

Sun Racket

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