INTRO
THROWING MUSES THROWING MUSES
(4AD, 1986)
IT'S PROG JIM BUT NOT AS WE KNOW IT
The four members of Throwing Muses were still in their teens when they became the first American band to sign to art-rock label 4AD in 1985. Three-quarters female, they were led by singer-songwriter extraordinaire Kristin Hersh – just as Cocteau Twins’ Liz Fraser had redefined the female voice in British avant-indie, it’s arguable that Hersh would do something similar for US college rock.