Throwing Muses skipper Kristin Hersh has announced that her new solo album, Sugar On Blackstone, will be released by Fire Records on September 18.
Watch a video for the new single “Dark Eyed Junco” below:
“He was a ‘Dark Eyed Junco’ and I was a light-eyed weirdo,” explains Hersh. “We’d play basketball until after dark then, when we couldn’t even see the hoop any more, so that we didn’t have to go home. After our stepfather moved in, it wasn’t a home any more.”
Pre-order Sugar On Blackstone here and peruse Hersh’s comprehensive UK/EU tour itinerary below (tickets here):
26 Sep: All Saints Church, Birmingham, UK
27 Sep: Esquires, Bedford, UK
28 Sep: Internationale, Leicester, UK
29 Sep: Holywell Music Room, Oxford, UK
30 Sep: The Portland Arms, Cambridge, UK
01 Oct: St Michael’s, Manchester, UK
02 Oct: St Michael’s, Manchester, UK
03 Oct: Philharmonic Music Room, Liverpool, UK
04 Oct: Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh, UK
05 Oct: The Cluny, Newcastle, UK
06 Oct: The Cluny, Newcastle, UK
07 Oct: Black Box, Belfast, UK
08 Oct: Spirit Store, Dundalk, Ireland
09 Oct: Hawk’s Well Theatre, Sligo, Ireland
10 Oct: Cleeres, Kilkenny, Ireland
11 Oct: Skelper Quane’s, Kerry, Ireland
12 Oct: Róisín Dubh, Galway, Ireland
13 Oct: Cyprus Avenue, Cork, Ireland
14 Oct: Cottiers Theatre, Glasgow, UK
15 Oct: Trades Club, Hebden Bridge, UK
16 Oct: Foxlowe Arts Centre, Leek, UK
17 Oct: National Centre for Early Music, York, UK
18 Oct: Folk House, Bristol, UK
20 Oct: Phoenix, Exeter, UK
21 Oct: Acapela Studios, Cardiff, UK
22 Oct: The Old Market, Brighton, UK
23 Oct: The Lexington, London, UK
24 Oct: The Lexington, London, UK
25 Oct: The Lexington, London, UK
26 Oct: De Spil, Roeselare, Belgium
27 Oct: CC Maasmechelen, Maasmechelen, Belgium
28 Oct: Tivoli Vredenburg (Cloud Nine), Utrecht, Netherlands
29 Oct: Le Chinois, Paris, France
30 Oct: PHIL, Haarlem, Netherlands
31 Oct: St George’s Church, Ramsgate, UK
01 Nov: Pavilion Theatre, Dublin, Ireland