ARTIST: Throwing Muses
ALBUM: Purgatory/Paradise
LABELS: HarperCollins/It Books (U.S.), HarperCollins/Friday Project (U.K.)
RELEASE DATE: Nov. 11
PRODUCERS: Throwing Muses
MANAGEMENT: Jesse von Doom, Music Is Doomed
PUBLISHING: Yes Dear Music, administered by Bug Music, Strictly Confidential and Mushroom Music (BMI)
BOOKING AGENT: Bruce Houghton, Skyline Music
CHART HISTORY: “Dizzy” (1989), No. 8 Alternative; “Counting Backwards” (1991), No. 11 Alternative; “Bright Yellow Gun” (1995), No. 20 Alternative; University (1995), No. 10 Heatseekers Albums, 67,000; Limbo (1996), No. 34 Heatseekers Albums, 25,000; Throwing Muses (2003), No. 26 Top Independent Albums, 16,000
TWITTER: @throwingmuses, @kristinhersh
The last time Throwing Muses released an album was a decade ago. But the influential band—U.K. label 4AD’s first American signing in 1986—hasn’t been on hiatus. Leader Kristin Hersh, drummer David Narcizo and bassist Bernard George were still…