Throw Me The Statue may be Scott Reitherman’s latest band, who nabbed their strange moniker from an old mixtape title from long ago, but the Californian band, now based in Seattle is anything but a messy hodge-podge. The fuzz-electronic aficionado is an export from El Granada, CA. He first started fooling around in his bedroom and creating Baskerville Hill Records with his two friends before hooking up with Secretly Canadian this fall.
The hand-clapping pop gem “Lolita” is the sound of a bedroom tinkerer busting out of his shell with a full band in toe. Reitherman’s music may have been born in solidarity but songs like “Yucatan Gold” don’t hesitate to get out on the dance floor with what the DJs like to call a “banging track.”
Hands get dirty, vocals peak, and melodica, accordian, glockenspiel, and lots of drums fill your hears on many tracks. It’s the lo-fi lyrical craziness of Jeff Mangum and Guided by Voices dancing with chugging rock fellows, The Long Winters. Moonbeams will be released in February but you should definitely check out this band.
Their live show was a great surprise when they played before Jens Lekman. You’ll definitely be hearing more about the slickest Roland droning this side of the Mississippi on “About to Walk.” Moonbeams is bursting at the seams with fun. It makes sense to feature a topless girl diving into a lake on the cover because this is pure summer music.
mp3:> Throw Me The Statue: “Yucatan Gold”
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