Kristin Hersh shares brand new single ‘Sundial’, a dark, quietly haunting new single offering the first glimpse of new music with a full album to follow later this year. Heading out this Spring for another extensive Throwing Muses US tour, Kristin will then return to the UK and Europe for a solo tour in support of the new record this Autumn.
Sparse and atmospheric, new track ‘Sundial’ unfolds slowly around Hersh’s voice, with cello bringing a low, shadowed undercurrent to a track that feels both intimate and elusive. The song circles around the strange, lasting connections formed between musicians, and how certain sounds or moments can suddenly bring someone back into focus. Hersh traces the idea to something she’s often noticed when collaborating: “Musicians’ heartbeats align right before they start a song together. Real musicians, anyway… This is a measurable phenomenon, but no one has measured how long our hearts keep beating together. A long time, I think.”
‘Sundial’ lingers in that feeling of connection after the fact, where memory surfaces unexpectedly through sound. “Sometimes I’ll miss someone so suddenly, like a lightning strike. If they’re a fellow musician, this is usually triggered by musical moments; certain tempos and keys” Hersh says. “A person’s sound story… is an intense, rainstorm-dark and sunshine-bright orientation, like telling time with a sundial. It doesn’t leave you.”
Mysterious and mood-driven, ‘Sundial’ opens the door to a new body of work from Hersh, offering a first taste of the music still to come.
“Kristin Hersh’s tough, instinctive wail, has been one of the greatest sounds in American underground rock for decades.” Stereogum
“A national treasure” NPR
TOUR DATES
29 Mar: Cabinet of Wonders, New York, NY, US
03 Apr: Greenwich Odeum, Greenwich, RI, US
04 Apr: Paradise Rock Club, Boston, MA, US
07 Apr: Ottobar, Baltimore, MD, US
08 Apr: Jergel’s Rhythm Grille Warrendale, PA, US
09 Apr: Grog Shop, Cleveland Heights, OH, US
10 Apr: Space, Evanston, IL, US
11 Apr: Shank Hall Milwaukee, WI, US
12 Apr: The Parkway Theatre, Minneapolis, MN, US
15 Apr: The Crocodile, Seattle, WA, US
16 Apr: Mississippi Studios, Portland, OR, US
17 Apr: The Chapel, San Francisco, CA, US
18 Apr: Moe’s Alley, Santa Cruz, CA, US
19 Apr: Harlow’s, Sacramento, CA, US
20 Apr: The Chapel, San Francisco, CA, US
21 Apr: Teragram Ballroom, Los Angeles, CA, US
KRISTIN HERSH
26 Sep: All Saints Church, Birmingham, UK
27 Sep: Esquires, Bedford, UK
28 Sep: Internationale, Leicester, UK
29 Sep: Holywell Music Room, Oxford, UK
30 Sep: The Portland Arms, Cambridge, UK
01 Oct: St Michael’s, Manchester, UK
02 Oct: St Michael’s, Manchester, UK
03 Oct: Philharmonic Music Room, Liverpool, UK
04 Oct: Pleasance Theatre, Edinburgh, UK
05 Oct: The Cluny, Newcastle, UK
06 Oct: The Cluny, Newcastle, UK
07 Oct: Black Box, Belfast, UK
08 Oct: Spirit Store, Dundalk, Ireland
09 Oct: Hawk’s Well Theatre, Sligo, Ireland
10 Oct: Cleeres, Kilkenny, Ireland
11 Oct: Skelper Quane’s, Kerry, Ireland
12 Oct: Róisín Dubh, Galway, Ireland
13 Oct: Cyprus Avenue, Cork, Ireland
14 Oct: Cottiers Theatre, Glasgow, UK
15 Oct: Trades Club, Hebden Bridge, UK
16 Oct: Foxlowe Arts Centre, Leek, UK
17 Oct: National Centre for Early Music, York, UK
18 Oct: Folk House, Bristol, UK
20 Oct: Phoenix, Exeter, UK
21 Oct: Acapela Studios, Cardiff, UK
22 Oct: The Old Market, Brighton, UK
23 Oct: The Lexington, London, UK
24 Oct: The Lexington, London, UK
25 Oct: The Lexington, London, UK
28 Oct: Tivoli Vredenburg (Cloud Nine), Utrecht, Netherlands
29 Oct: Le Chinois, Paris, France
30 Oct: PHIL, Haarlem, Netherlands
31 Oct: St George’s Church, Ramsgate, UK
01 Nov: Pavilion Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
