Doctor Mooney's 115th Dream: The Gypsy Tinged Soul of The Mumlers, "Don’t Throw Me Away"

The Mumlers deserve a feverish round of applause for the impressive follow-up to their 11-song Galaxia Records released debut long player, Don’t Throw Me Away. Recorded at San Francisco’s Ruminator Audio Studio, the album is filled to the gills with loose salvation army sounds that are doused in haunted swathes of first rank cool and rooted in the eerie colors of the blues, soul, folk, and country.

The beauty of the San Jose sextet’s sophomore release is that every track might end up being the favorite of the gal next to you. But, the shining light for the doctors and nursemaids is the hypnotizing slow cooker, title track, “Don’t Throw Me Away.” This is a song with guts: chief songwriter, vocalist Will Sprott and band channel the macabre spirit of Victorian-era trickster, William H. Mumler with a parade of slinking Ouija board grooves and a wistful cascading guitar line that swing like a pendulum. Towards the last quarter of the song the mercury rises as Sprott pleads in a chilling quicksilver snarl, “Won't you change your mind / How could you ever want to be so unkind?” A mesmerizing strangled mess of emotions “Don’t Throw Me Away” is a pure triumph and will be sure to clear your mind of any clutter.

“Don't Throw Me Away”
Written by: Will Sprott

Oh love, don't throw me away
How can you be so unkind?
My whole life
I'm going to try to change your mind

Oh love, stay here with me
Just one more night
Tomorrow the sun is going to rise
& the boat that we rowed through our lives will capsize

You say you don't want me
You're talking to a black hole
Your wicked words will never find my ears

But if you say you want to love me
& ease my soul
I would wipe away all of my salty tears

Oh love, don't throw me away
How can you be so unkind?
My whole life
I'm going to try to change your mind

Won't you change your mind
How could you ever want to be so unkind?
Please change your mind

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