You know what’s funny? When I first heard Throw Me The Statue’s new album Creaturesque, I was immediately struck by the tracks that hearken back to the feeling of mornings spent listening to Built to Spill and drinking too much coffee. Knowing that Phil Ek helped produced it reveals where that sensory memory sprang from. I guess that’s not really funny. But more on that later— Creaturesque will be out August 4th on Secretly Canadian.
In the meanwhile this Seattle band will be hitting the road as co-headliners with New Zealand band The Brunettes in support of the new album. Before they go, they will be playing a handful of Seattle shows. A full list of tour dates and the track listing of the new album is listed below. With all these opportunities and a good cause to support (A Drink for the Kids at Vera), you really have no reason not to see an upcoming lo-fi power-pop Seattle band play at home before they blast off this Sound.
Spoiler Alert! Listen to “Ancestors” off the new album here.
Creaturesque (Secretly Canadian)
CD/LP/Digital
August 4- Worldwide
August 17- UK
Tracklisting:
Waving At The Shore
Pistols
Tag
Ancestors
Noises
Snowshoes
Dizzy From The Fall
Cannibal Rays
Hi-Fi Goon
Baby, You’re Bored
Shade For A Shadow
The Outer Folds
TOUR DATES
7/11 — Seattle, WA — Neumos*
7/31 — Seattle, WA — Mural Ampitheatre**
8/23 — Spokane, WA — Empyrean Coffee
8/26 — Minneapolis, MN — 7th Street Entry
8/27 — Urbana, IL — Courtyard Café
8/28 — Madison, WI — The Annex
8/29 — Chicago, IL — Subterranean
8/30 — Toronto, ON — TBA
8/31 — Montreal, QE — Il Motore
9/1 — Boston, MA — Middle East Upstairs
9/2 — NYC, NY — Mercury Lounge
9/3 — Philadelphia, PA — Johnny Brenda’s
9/4 — Washington, DC — Rock and Roll Hotel
9/5 — Durham, NC — Duke Coffee House at Duke University
9/7 — Atlanta, GA — Drunken Unicorn
9/8 — Tallahassee, FL — Club Down Under
9/9 — Baton Rouge, LA — Spanish Moon
9/10 — Houston, TX — Rudyards
9/11 — Austin, TX– Mohawk
9/12 — Dallas, TX — Cavern
9/14 — Phoenix, AZ — Modified Arts
9/15 — Los Angeles, CA — Echo
9/16 — San Diego, CA — The Loft
9/17 — San Francisco, CA — Rickshaw
9/18 –Sacramento, CA — Luigi’s Fun Garden
All dates with The Brunettes unless noted
**w/Robin Pecknold
**w/ Blitzen Trapper