Throw Me the Statue

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist| | name = Throw Me the Statue | image = Tmtspromo.jpg | landscape = yes | background = group_or_band | origin = Seattle, Washington, U.S. | genre = Indie pop | years_active = 2005–2013 | label = Secretly Canadian | website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20100403082902/http://throwmethestatue.com:80/ throwmethestatue.com] }}

'''Throw Me the Statue''' was an American indie pop band.

==Biography== Throw Me the Statue was formed by Scott Reitherman after he began self-releasing CDs in 2004. Friends, including Pedro the Lion member Casey Foubert, pitched in to help as Reitherman added instruments including drum machines and glockenspiels to round out his sound. A full band came into shape in early 2007 as Throw Me the Statue's debut album ''Moonbeams'' was released on Reitherman's Baskerville Hill label and later on Secretly Canadian.<ref>Rich Thane, [http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/features/interviews/an-interview-withthrow-me-the-statue-3166 "An interview with Throw Me The Statue,"] The Line of Best Fit, March 11, 2008.</ref><ref>Michaelangelo Matos, [https://www.avclub.com/throw-me-the-statue-creaturesque-1798206697 "Throw Me the Statue: Creaturesque,"] ''The A.V. Club'', August 11, 2009.</ref> They have been featured on ''Pitchfork''<ref>Stephen M. Deusner, [http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/11198-moonbeams/ "Throw Me the Statue: Moonbeams,"] Pitchfork Media, March 7, 2008.</ref> and NPR<ref>[https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18518156 "Throw Me The Statue: 'Lolita',"] NPR, December 9, 2008.</ref> and have received airplay on the independent Seattle radio station KEXP-FM.<ref>Leigh Bezezekoff, [http://blog.kexp.org/2009/06/12/song-of-the-day-throw-me-the-statue-ancestors/ "Song of the Day: Throw Me The Statue - Ancestors,"] KEXP-FM, June 12, 2009.</ref>

''Moonbeams'' made it to No. 16 of 100 on the Amazon Music Best of 2008 Editors Picks list.<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?docId=1000303401 "Best of 2008: Top 100 Editors' Picks,"] Amazon.com. Accessed May 24, 2009.</ref> The single "Lolita" was used in Courtyard by Marriott's "New Lobby" television commercial.<ref>Charlie Moran, [http://adage.com/article/songs-for-soap/courtyard-s-sync-sync/136080/ "Courtyard's Sync Seems Out-of-Sync,"] ''Advertising Age'', April 17, 2009.</ref> Their second album, ''Creaturesque'', was released in August 2009, with ''Paste'' magazine rating it a 7.9 out of 10, calling the songs "unabashedly infectious."<ref>Ani Vrabel, [http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2009/08/throw-me-the-statue-creaturesque.html "Throw Me the Statue: Creaturesque,"] ''Paste'', August 6, 2009.</ref> In 2008, they recorded a version of Huey Lewis and the News's song, "If This Is It", for a Huey Lewis tribute album.<ref>[http://stereogum.com/10589/throw_me_the_statue_cover_huey_lewis/mp3s/ "Throw Me The Statue Cover Huey Lewis,"] Stereogum, June 20, 2008.</ref>

In 2008 Throw Me the Statue toured the U.S., performed at South by Southwest, Bumbershoot, the Sasquatch Festival, and opened for Cake in Seattle.<ref>[http://secretlycanadian.com/blog/2008/02/throw-me-the-statue-announce-their-first-us-tour/ "THROW ME THE STATUE announce their first US tour!"] secretlycanadian.com, February 15, 2008.</ref> The band toured North America with The Brunettes in 2009.<ref>[http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2009/07/throw_me_the_st.html "Throw Me The Statue - 2009 tour dates w/ The Brunettes,"] Brooklyn Vegan, July 22, 2009.</ref><ref>Nate Chinen, [https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/04/arts/music/04mercury.html?_r=0 "Singing Sharp Lyrics While Guitars Hazily Strum ,"] ''New York Times'', September 3, 2009.</ref>

==Discography==

===Albums=== *''Moonbeams'' (CD) - Baskerville Hill - 2007 *''Moonbeams'' (re-release) (CD) - Secretly Canadian - 2008 *''Creaturesque'' (CD/LP) - Secretly Canadian - 2009

===EPs=== *''Purpleface'' (CD) - Secretly Canadian - 2009

===Singles=== *"About to Walk" (CD) - Baskerville Hill - 2007 *"Lolita" (7"/CD) - Secretly Canadian - 2008

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.secretlycanadian.com/artist.php?name=throwmethestatue Band profile on Secretly Canadian]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Throw Me The Statue}} Category:Musical groups established in 2005 Category:Indie pop groups from Washington (state) Category:Musical groups from Seattle Category:Secretly Canadian artists