Kristin Hersh has shared a new song ahead of the first stop on a US tour with her trio Throwing Muses, which kicks off at NYC's Cabinet of Wonders this weekend. Shadowy and atmospheric, "Sundial" is the first taste of a new Hersh solo record – her 12th overall – to be announced later this year on Fire Records.

Listen below:

The cello from last year's Throwing Muses album Moonlight Concessions is back in a big way on "Sundial", which Hersh describes as a song about the physical and emotional alignments that can form, and remain, between musicians when they play.

Writing in a press release she says:

“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.”

“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. 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.”

Maintaining her position as one of the hardest working people in music, Hersh has also mapped out an extensive UK/EU tour for the fall. See her full itinerary below.

Throwing Muses tour dates:

03/29 New York, NY @ Cabinet of Wonders
04/03 Greenwich, RI @ Greenwich Odeum
04/04 Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
04/07 Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar
04/08 Warrendale, PA @ Jergel’s Rhythm Grille
04/09 Cleveland Heights, OH @ Grog Shop
04/10 Evanston, IL @ Space
04/11 Milwaukee, WI @ Shank Hall
04/12 Minneapolis, MN @ The Parkway Theatre
04/15 Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
04/16 Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
04/17 San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel
04/18 Santa Cruz, CA @ Moe’s Alley
04/19 Sacramento, CA @ Harlow’s
04/20 San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel
04/21 Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom

Kristin Hersh tour dates:

09/26 Birmingham, UK @ All Saints Church
09/27 Bedford, UK @ Esquires
09/28 Leicester, UK @ Internationale
09/29 Oxford, UK @ Holywell Music Room
09/30 Cambridge, UK @ The Portland Arms
10/01 Manchester, UK @ St Michael’s
10/02 Manchester, UK @ St Michael’s
10/03 Liverpool, UK @ Philharmonic Music Room
10/04 Edinburgh, UK @ Pleasance Theatre
10/05 Newcastle, UK @ The Cluny
10/06 Newcastle, UK @ The Cluny
10/07 Belfast, UK @ Black Box
10/08 Dundalk, IE @ Spirit Store
10/09 Sligo, IE @ Hawk’s Well Theatre
10/10 Kilkenny, IE @ Cleeres
10/11 Kerry, IE @ Skelper Quane's
10/12 Galway, IE @ Róisín Dubh
10/13 Cork, IE @ Cyprus Avenue
10/14 Glasgow, UK @ Cottiers Theatre
10/15 Hebden Bridge, UK @ Trades Club
10/16 Leek, UK @ Foxlowe Arts Centre
10/17 York, UK @ National Centre for Early Music
10/18 Bristol, UK @ Folk House
10/20 Exeter, UK @ Phoenix
10/21 Cardiff, UK @ Acapela Studios
10/22 Brighton, UK @ The Old Market
10/23 London, UK @ The Lexington
10/24 London, UK @ The Lexington
10/25 London, UK @ The Lexington
10/28 Utrecht, NL @ Tivoli Vredenburg
10/29 Paris, FR @ Le Chinois
10/30 Haarlem, NL @ PHIL
10/31 Ramsgate, UK @ St George's Church
11/01 Dublin, IE @ Pavilion Theatre

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