Throw Me the Statue was an American

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band.

Biography

Throw Me the Statue was formed by Scott Reitherman after he began self-releasing CDs in 2004. Friends, including

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member Casey Foubert, pitched in to help as Reitherman added instruments including drum machines and

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s 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'' and NPR and have received airplay on the independent

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radio station KEXP-FM. ''Moonbeams'' made it to No. 16 of 100 on the

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Music Best of 2008 Editors Picks list. The single "Lolita" was used in Courtyard by Marriott's "New Lobby" television commercial. 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." In 2008, they recorded a version of

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's song, " If This Is It", for a Huey Lewis tribute album. In 2008 Throw Me the Statue toured the U.S., performed at

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, the

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, and opened for

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in Seattle. The band toured North America with

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in 2009.Nate Chinen
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'', 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
{{DEFAULTSORT:Throw Me The Statue Musical groups established in 2005 Indie pop groups from Washington (state) Musical groups from Seattle Secretly Canadian artists