Throw Me the Statue was an American indie pop band.
Biography Throw Me the Statue was formed by Scott Reitherman after he began self-releasing CDs 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.Rich Thane, "An interview with Throw Me The Statue," The Line of Best Fit, March 11, 2008.Michaelangelo Matos, "Throw Me the Statue: Creaturesque," The A.V. Club, August 11, 2009. They have been featured on PitchforkStephen M. Deusner, "Throw Me the Statue: Moonbeams," Pitchfork Media, March 7, 2008. and NPR"Throw Me The Statue: 'Lolita'," NPR, December 9, 2008. and have received airplay on the independent Seattle radio station KEXP-FM.Leigh Bezezekoff, "Song of the Day: Throw Me The Statue - Ancestors," KEXP-FM, June 12, 2009.
Moonbeams made it to No. 16 of 100 on the Amazon Music Best of 2008 Editors Picks list."Best of 2008: Top 100 Editors' Picks," Amazon.com. Accessed May 24, 2009. The single "Lolita" was used in Courtyard by Marriott's "New Lobby" television commercial.Charlie Moran, "Courtyard's Sync Seems Out-of-Sync," Advertising Age, April 17, 2009. Their second album, Creaturesque, was released in August 2009, with Paste magazine rating it a 7.9 out of 10, calling the songs "unabashedly infectious."Ani Vrabel, "Throw Me the Statue: Creaturesque," Paste, August 6, 2009. In 2008, they recorded a version of Huey Lewis and the News's song, "If This Is It", for a Huey Lewis tribute album."Throw Me The Statue Cover Huey Lewis," Stereogum, June 20, 2008.
In 2008 Throw Me the Statue toured the U.S., performed at South by Southwest, Bumbershoot, the Sasquatch Festival, and opened for Cake in Seattle."THROW ME THE STATUE announce their first US tour!" secretlycanadian.com, February 15, 2008. The band toured North America with The Brunettes in 2009."Throw Me The Statue - 2009 tour dates w/ The Brunettes," Brooklyn Vegan, July 22, 2009.Nate Chinen, "Singing Sharp Lyrics While Guitars Hazily Strum ," New York Times, September 3, 2009.
Discography
Albums Moonbeams (CD) - Baskerville Hill - 2007 Moonbeams (re-release) (CD) - Secretly Canadian - 2008 Creaturesque (CD/LP) - Secretly Canadian - 2009
EPs Purpleface (CD) - Secretly Canadian - 2009
Singles "About to Walk" (CD) - Baskerville Hill - 2007 "Lolita" (7"/CD) - Secretly Canadian - 2008
References
External links Band profile on Secretly Canadian