Marking the 25th anniversary of Throwing Muses’ first album, this is a compilation of personal favourites thrown together in non-chronological sequence. A limited release adds a CD of excellent B-sides and rarities, and a book containing Kristin Hersh’s musings on the band’s gestation within the dream world she shared age 14 with her step sister and co-band founder Tanya Donnelly.
Their creations are marked by unpredictable tempo shifts and song structures, incendiary guitars, howling vocals and moments of surreal beauty. As Hersh says, these songs, created in their own sweet bubble, “dance in the trees and run down your spine”.
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