Kristin Hersh has just announced the release of her new album and book titled Wyatt at the Cove Palace. Both the CD and the book will be available on October 28 in the UK and Australia. In the U.S, they will be available on November 11 via Omnibus Press. This will be the follow up to 2010’s Crooked. Hersh’s group Throwing Muses also released an album in 2013 titled Purgatory/Paradise.
Besides her albums, Hersh has also written a series of books. Last year’s was Don’t Suck, Don’t Die: Giving Up Vic Chesnut.
The album and book title were inspired by Hersh’s autistic son Wyatt, more specifically “his fascination with an abandoned apartment building inhabited by coyotes.” Check out the album artwork and full track list below.
Wyatt at the Coyote Palace
Disc One:
01. Bright
02. Bubble Net
03. In Stitches
04. Secret Codes
05. Green Screen
06. Hemingway’s Tell
07. Detox
08. Wonderland
09. Day 3
10. Diving Bell
11. Killing Two Birds
12. Guadalupe
Disc Two:
01. August
02. American Copper
03. Some Dumb Runaway
04. Sun Blown
05. From the Plane
06. Elysian Fields
07. Soma Gone Slapstick
08. Cooties
09. Christmas Underground
10. Between Piety and Desire
11. Shaky Blue Can
12. Shotgun
Hersh will be on a solo tour starting this November in Ireland and ending on November 25 in England. Check out the full list of dates below.
Kristin Hersh
11/01: Dundalk, Ireland – Spirit Store
11/02: Dublin, Ireland – Pavilion Theatre
11/03: Cork, Ireland – Triskel Christchurch
11/04: Galway, Ireland – Roisin Dubh
11/05: Limerick, Ireland – Dolan’s Warehouse
11/07: Portsmouth, England – Wedgwood Rooms
11/08: Bristol, England – Lantern Theatre
11/09: Exeter, England – Phoenix
11/10: Cardiff, Wales – Clwb Ifor Bach
11/11: Aldershot, England – West End Centre
11/12: Manchester, England – Louder Than Words Festival
11/13: Manchester, England – Gorilla
11/14: Birmingham, England – Glee Club
11/16: York, England – Crescent
11/17: Edinburgh, Scotland – Summerhall
11/18: Glasgow, Scotland – Mono
11/19: Liverpool, England – Philharmonic Music Hall
11/20: Hebden Bridge, England – Trades Club
11/21: Norwich, England – Arts Centre
11/22: Brighton, England – Komedia
11/24: London, England – St. John in Bethnal Green
11/25: Folkestone, England – Literary Festival