Pitchfork

In a history of "Lolita" songs dating back to jazz giants Cannonball Adderley and Wes Montgomery, Seattle-based Throw Me the Statue's effort beats the pervy pants off last year's Elefant attempt. The one-man project of multi-instrumentalist Scott Reitherman, Throw Me the Statue blends a variety of recent indie-rock and indie-pop strains on debut Moonbeams. This standout track has the straightahead bedroom vocals of Guided by Voices, the lilting pop instincts of fellow Seattleites the Long Winters, and chutes-and-ladders melodies recalling the Shins. All are in service of a breezy July-afternoon song full of ramshackle bells, electronic beats, and simple, chugging guitars. "She was 19," Reitherman admits about the object of his "Lolita". Dude, that's at least a half a decade too old for Humbert Humbert-- which is why the original Vladimir Nabokov novel is still unparalleled in its fucked-upness.