Throwing Muses - Purgatory/Paradise

Originally released in 2013, and not issued on vinyl until now, Purgatory/Paradise emerged after a ten year hiatus and is a formidable 32-track opus of tangible bliss.

Devised as a book with essays by Kristin Hersh with art by drummer Dave Narcizo, it’s a fractured album about loss; most tracks are short, broken, some are even reprises. Everything is tentative with memories listed in order of disappearance, including Hersh’s house being by hurricane Katrina, the loss of close friends, and the band’s first break up.

TRACKLIST:

1. Smoky Hands 1

2. Morning Birds 1

3. Sleepwalking 2

4. Sunray Venus

5. Cherry Candy 1

6. Film

7. Opiates

8. Cherry Candy 2

9. Freesia 

10. Curtains

11. Triangle Quantico

12. Morning Birds

13. Lazy Eye

14. Blurry

15. Folding Fire

16. Slippershell

17. Bluff

18. Blurry

19. Terra Nova

20. Walking Talking

21. Milan

22. Curtains

23. Folding Fire

24. Static

25. Clark's Nutcracker

26. Dripping Trees

27. Sleepwalking

28. Smoky Hands

29. Speedbath

30. Quick

31. Dripping Trees

32. Glass Cats

Pressed on black vinyl; gatefold sleeve; limited to 1000 copies in the UK (2000 copies worldwide)