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Throwing Muses Reissue Self-Titled Debut Album for 40th Anniversary
Throwing Muses will reissue their self-titled debut album on 11 December, marking 40 years since its original release. The album was the first full-length release by the first American band signed to 4AD, and its arrival helped shift the label towards American alternative rock.
The Rhode Island quartet were teenagers when the record came out in 1986. Singer and lyricist Kristin Hersh has said its songs were shaped by hallucinations she experienced after a car accident at 16; the new edition restores an album that had been long out of print and unavailable on streaming. The band later released seven albums and two EPs on 4AD, most recently 2025’s *Moonlight Concessions*.
In short
- Throwing Muses’ debut returns for its 40th anniversary.
- The reissue is due on 11 December via 4AD.
- The album helped shape 4AD’s turn towards US alternative rock.
Explained simply
Throwing Muses formed in Rhode Island in the early 1980s, with singer and songwriter Kristin Hersh among its members. The band’s first full-length album, released in 1986, made them the first American band signed to the British independent label 4AD.
The group were teenagers when the album came out. Hersh has said some of its songs drew on hallucinations she experienced after a car accident at 16. The record helped broaden 4AD’s catalogue towards American alternative rock, and the band went on to release more music with the label.