which album is is on, dom?
― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Thursday, 22 May 2003 22:52 (twenty years ago) link
fact - they sound much better than the drab, overrated elliot smith who they once backed.
― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Thursday, 22 May 2003 22:59 (twenty years ago) link
― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Thursday, 22 May 2003 23:05 (twenty years ago) link
― dog latin (dog latin), Thursday, 22 May 2003 23:07 (twenty years ago) link
― ron (ron), Thursday, 22 May 2003 23:10 (twenty years ago) link
search: all the same, our happiness is guaranteed, a fable with no moral, ape self prevails in me still, etc...
― j.a.e., Friday, 23 May 2003 00:59 (twenty years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Friday, 23 May 2003 01:06 (twenty years ago) link
― dog latin (dog latin), Friday, 23 May 2003 01:09 (twenty years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Friday, 23 May 2003 01:11 (twenty years ago) link
― j.a.e., Friday, 23 May 2003 01:15 (twenty years ago) link
― jack cole (jackcole), Friday, 23 May 2003 01:43 (twenty years ago) link
The last time I saw 'em live (which was a while ago) they seemed to have a handful of new songs in their set that really broke the Quasi mold. R&B and "Bird" are great, but it has been getting a bit same-y on the recent releases. I'd love to hear 'em do something different well.
― wl (wl), Friday, 23 May 2003 06:51 (twenty years ago) link
― wl (wl), Friday, 23 May 2003 06:54 (twenty years ago) link
― jack cole (jackcole), Friday, 23 May 2003 06:59 (twenty years ago) link
― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 23 May 2003 07:30 (twenty years ago) link
― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 23 May 2003 07:32 (twenty years ago) link
Featuring Birds is the essential one, because of the most pithy lyrics ever written: Life is dull, life is grey, at its best it's just OK. But I'm happy to report. Life is also short which would have been written by Dorothy Parker, really.
― kate, Friday, 23 May 2003 07:43 (twenty years ago) link
― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Friday, 23 May 2003 13:25 (twenty years ago) link
The idea that she could even be brought up in comparison to Meg White makes me shudder...
― John 2, Saturday, 24 May 2003 12:55 (twenty years ago) link
"California" was the first song on pretty much every mix tape I made for about a year due to that opening line. The rest of the song isn't too bad either.
I agree that one Quasi album is enough. And Featuring Birds is that one album. "California," "It's Hard to Turn Me On," and "The Happy Prole" are all pretty classic.
― Miranda (Miranda), Saturday, 24 May 2003 13:21 (twenty years ago) link
― John 2, Sunday, 25 May 2003 02:23 (twenty years ago) link
― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Sunday, 25 May 2003 08:51 (twenty years ago) link
― mig, Sunday, 25 May 2003 19:22 (twenty years ago) link
― John 2, Sunday, 25 May 2003 23:03 (twenty years ago) link
― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Sunday, 25 May 2003 23:04 (twenty years ago) link
― di smith (lucylurex), Sunday, 25 May 2003 23:06 (twenty years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Sunday, 25 May 2003 23:30 (twenty years ago) link
Besides, listen to 'One Beat' and tell me Carrie didn't just come out of a relationship...
― John 2, Monday, 26 May 2003 13:32 (twenty years ago) link
― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Tuesday, 27 May 2003 11:45 (twenty years ago) link
Have you heard Sam's other band, Blues Goblins - like the name suggests, a bunch of covers of early 20th Century blues songs, but all skewiff - I'm kinda very fond of them too.
― Jerry (Jerry), Tuesday, 27 May 2003 12:19 (twenty years ago) link
great song. sing it quietly to your girlfriend while she's sleeping.
also great from that period was the tune "you turn me on" where he says something like "walt disney couldn't make me happy" which at the time i thought was a funny thing to say.
― fields of salmon (fieldsofsalmon), Tuesday, 27 May 2003 14:06 (twenty years ago) link
― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Tuesday, 27 May 2003 20:22 (twenty years ago) link
The second best bit of music called "Smile" ever!
― dog latin, Tuesday, 27 May 2003 22:54 (twenty years ago) link
― jack cole (jackcole), Tuesday, 27 May 2003 23:13 (twenty years ago) link
where's that 'funniest posts ever' thread?
― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Tuesday, 27 May 2003 23:24 (twenty years ago) link
― Patrick South (Patrick South), Saturday, 13 September 2003 13:48 (twenty years ago) link
As everyone here has said, though, Featuring Birds is still the one to beat. Unless you count The Donner Party, whose second record is probably my favorite LP ever recorded. A few years ago, a complete Donner Party Double CD came out, which included the first two albums, an unreleased third album (so-so, but with three or four killer songs), and some live tracks. If you see it, buy it, no matter what the cost.
― Jesse Fuchs (Jesse Fuchs), Saturday, 13 September 2003 15:22 (twenty years ago) link
― Patrick South (Patrick South), Sunday, 14 September 2003 22:17 (twenty years ago) link
― Jesse Fuchs (Jesse Fuchs), Monday, 15 September 2003 16:06 (twenty years ago) link
listening to Quasi Field Studies into Hot Shit reminds me why this is one of my favorite bands ever.
― CaptainLorax, Sunday, 25 January 2009 19:29 (fifteen years ago) link
oh and to random guy up thread: Field Studies is not a low point at all.
― CaptainLorax, Sunday, 25 January 2009 19:30 (fifteen years ago) link
new album American Gong leaked. it's very cohesive and definitely guitar/bass driven this time around. the album is very good but some tracks fade into the background a bit. my favorite track is '7 - Death Is Not the End'. Sam hits some high notes and it sounds great. I don't know why he doesn't get as creative with his vocals more often
this album shows Quasi having fun
― i'm being a jerk for some reason (CaptainLorax), Tuesday, 9 February 2010 03:19 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah, "Death..." is the fucking jam. I am bookending my radio show this week by opening with iLiKETRAiNS' "Death Is the End" and then ending with the Quasi track. Pretension!
― Simon H., Tuesday, 9 February 2010 05:02 (fourteen years ago) link
erm Repulsion?
― CaptainLorax, Wednesday, 10 February 2010 00:25 (fourteen years ago) link
American Gong just gets better and better. There's something about the sound that crackles even through the ridiculous compression. I love the twee aspects of their '90s albums but it's pretty cool that they could move past them successfully.
― skip, Thursday, 24 June 2010 18:17 (thirteen years ago) link
I had totally forgotten Quasi after being obsessed with their earlier albums approx. 10 years ago. Then suddenly I find out they're playing my town so went along at the last minute and it was awesome! hardly any ppl (even fewer than last time round) but very fun. They have a covers EP! It has a cover of War Pigs which they did live!
― kinder, Thursday, 5 December 2013 23:25 (ten years ago) link
I had a few threads to choose from, but picked this one because there's no Donner Party thread that I can find.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml2ddk2oz2E
― dlp9001, Thursday, 16 June 2016 02:02 (seven years ago) link
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81%2BHLSlPoYL._SX425_.jpgSam Coomes-Bugger Me comes out tomorrow. Recorded with just an organ and old drum machine. I was into Quasi circa Featuring Birds, but I still like this dude's voice.And this track is good fun.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8XkoSz-XG8
― mizzell, Thursday, 18 August 2016 14:42 (seven years ago) link
*considers today's news*
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 1 July 2019 16:06 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vw-8S_3EhfI
god damn, weiss is pure energy
― maelin, Saturday, 23 April 2022 22:56 (two years ago) link
<3 her so much
― kinder, Sunday, 24 April 2022 12:45 (two years ago) link
RIP the Quasi Rock-Si-Chord.
― H.R. MacGufnstuf (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 24 April 2022 12:51 (two years ago) link
https://consequence.net/2022/10/quasi-breaking-the-balls-of-history-queen-of-ears-2023-tour-dates/
After six years away, Quasi are returning soon with their perfectly-titled new album Breaking the Balls of History, which they’re teasing today with the new single “Queen of Ears.” Their debut for Sub Pop is slated for release on February 10th, 2023, and they’ll also celebrate the occasion with a North American tour.Quasi’s Sam Coomes and Janet Weiss co-produced Breaking the Balls of History alongside longtime punk go-to John Goodmanson (Sleater-Kinney, Bikini Kill, Unwound, Treepeople, Team Dresch). They figured their 2013 record Mole City would be their last and were content to move on — that is, until Weiss broke both legs and her collarbone in a 2019 car crash, just months before that pesky pandemic began. So along came Breaking the Balls of History, an album motivated by life’s futility.“There’s no investing in the future anymore,” Weiss says in a press release. “The future is now. Do it now if you want to do it. Don’t put it off. All those things you only realize when it’s almost too late. It could be gone in a second.” Coomes concurs: “When you’re younger and in a band, you make records because that’s what you do. But this time, the whole thing felt purposeful in a way that was unique to the circumstances.” Pre-orders are ongoing.
Quasi’s Sam Coomes and Janet Weiss co-produced Breaking the Balls of History alongside longtime punk go-to John Goodmanson (Sleater-Kinney, Bikini Kill, Unwound, Treepeople, Team Dresch). They figured their 2013 record Mole City would be their last and were content to move on — that is, until Weiss broke both legs and her collarbone in a 2019 car crash, just months before that pesky pandemic began. So along came Breaking the Balls of History, an album motivated by life’s futility.
“There’s no investing in the future anymore,” Weiss says in a press release. “The future is now. Do it now if you want to do it. Don’t put it off. All those things you only realize when it’s almost too late. It could be gone in a second.” Coomes concurs: “When you’re younger and in a band, you make records because that’s what you do. But this time, the whole thing felt purposeful in a way that was unique to the circumstances.” Pre-orders are ongoing.
https://www.normanrecords.com/artwork/medium/226/194976-quasi-breaking-the-balls-of-history.jpg
― omar little, Friday, 4 November 2022 16:20 (one year ago) link
This is pretty fun, I like it.
It's been kind of disappointing to see this fly under the radar a bit, especially with all of the hubbub when Janet left S-K. It seemed like a lot of outpouring of support for her at the time, so you'd think there'd be more excitement for this. I mean, I get it, Quasi was always going to be a lower stakes sort of thing than S-K, but she sounds great here.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 15 February 2023 16:26 (one year ago) link
Some of the lyrics are a little eh, especially in "Doomscrollers", but idk this is pretty fun.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 15 February 2023 16:45 (one year ago) link
yeah i like it, i'll always be down for their core distorted organ + janet weiss on drums thing.
― na (NA), Wednesday, 15 February 2023 16:47 (one year ago) link
there are some dumb opinions on weiss and SK upthread, damn.
― omar little, Wednesday, 15 February 2023 16:56 (one year ago) link
"breaking the balls of history" is the album name of the year
― na (NA), Wednesday, 15 February 2023 17:01 (one year ago) link
they are just the coolest, this record sounds great
https://f4.bcbits.com/img/0030255357_10.jpg
― sleeve, Friday, 17 February 2023 20:49 (one year ago) link
Portland represent
Just gave this a spin and it's great. I think I've only previously heard Hot Shit and When the Going Gets Dark, and in my memory, those records had some high points with a lot of stuff that didn't catch my ear. Don't take my word for it - I'll have to revisit. But this one feels solid as hell.
― peace, man, Thursday, 23 February 2023 00:09 (one year ago) link
https://daily.bandcamp.com/lists/quasi-album-guide
― obsidian crocogolem (sleeve), Saturday, 25 February 2023 19:09 (one year ago) link