"Bright Yellow Gun"

"Bright Yellow Gun" EP (1995) Throwing Muses

Throwing Muses have put out some great EPs (I guess releases like this could also just be called 'CD singles').

I finally got this a few years ago; originally I just had the cassette single. The B-side was "Like A Dog". I'd always wanted to hear the other two songs and once I did I wished I'd gotten the full package sooner.

"Crayon Sun" has the coolest guitar sounds and reminds me of hot summer days laying in the sun. "Red Eyes" feels just like a rainy spring afternoon.

I think I've said before: these songs sound a lot like the songs on the Limbo LP which came out in 1996 and I've always wondered if they were recorded during the Limbo sessions. It would make sense- University was recorded before Hips and Makers but held back until early 1995.

Anyway, Throwing Muses re-recorded "Red Eyes" for The Seasons Sessions. If you get a chance, check it out, along with a lot of great new versions of older songs.