Biography
Throw Me the Statue was formed by Scott Reitherman after he began self-releasing CDs of buzzy, lo-fi indie pop in
2004. Friends, including
Pedro the Lion member Casey Foubert, pitched in to help as Reitherman added instruments including
drum machines and
glockenspiels to round out his sound. A full band came into shape in early 2007 as Throw me the Statue's debut album Moonbeams was released on Reitherman's Baskerville Hill label and later on
Secretly Canadian. They have been featured on
Pitchfork Media [1] and
NPR [2] and have received airplay on the independent
Seattle radio station
KEXP.
In 2008 Throw Me the Statue toured the US, played at
SXSW, Bumbershoot, the
Sasquatch Festival, and opened for
Cake in Seattle.
The album
Moonbeams
made it to #16 of 100 on the Amazon Music Best of 2008 Editors Picks list.
[3]
Their second album will be released in August, 2009. They also performed a version of
Huey Lewis and the News's hit, "
If This Is It", for an upcoming
Huey Lewis tribute album.
Discography
Albums
- Moonbeams
(CD) - Baskerville Hill - 2007
- Moonbeams
(re-release) (CD) - Secretly Canadian - 2008
- Creaturesque
(CD/LP) - Secretly Canadian - 2009
Singles
- "About to Walk" (CD) - Baskerville Hill - 2007
- "Lolita" (7"/CD) - Secretly Canadian - 2008
EPs
- "Purpleface" (CD) - Secretly Canadian - 2009
Notes and references
- New Music: Throw Me The Statue
- Throw Me The Statue: 'Lolita'
- Best of 2008: Top 100 Editors' Picks