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Track Listing
1. Alice the Goon
2. Rhino, The
3. When the Going Gets Dark
4. I Don't Know You Anymore
5. Peace & Love
6. Beyond the Sky
7. Presto-Chang-O
8. Poverty Sucks
9. Merry X-Mas
10. Death Culture Blues
11. Invisible Star
| Details | | Producer: | Dave Friedman | | Distributor: | Alternative Dis. Alliance | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Quasi: Sam Coomes (vocals, guitar); Janet Weiss (vocals, drums).
Recording information: Audible Alchemy, Portland, Oregon (2006).
Quasi continues its streak of smart, gloriously off-kilter indie-rock with 2006's WHEN THE GOING GETS DARK. The Pacific Northwest duo, consisting of former husband-and-wife team Sam Coomes (Heatmiser) and Janet Weiss (Sleater-Kinney), offer up 11 tracks ranging in style from lumbering rockers (the pounding "Alice the Goon") to lo-fi pop ditties (the harmony-laden "Peace and Love"). Weiss, with her hard-hitting percussion and subtle background vocals, is the group's secret weapon, leaving singer/multi-instrumentalist Coomes, armed with his plaintive yelp and elliptical lyrics, to handle all other duties (primarily bass and piano). Displaying a disdain for typical song structures and a penchant for distortion, DARK proves that Quasi, much to its credit, has no intention of making its restless sound more accessible.
Industry Reviews
The ragingly askew piano work doesn't stop, nor does the frenetic, open-ended drumming. And it all sounds so clear....Cleanly produced and layered.
3 stars out of 5 -- Even the psychedelic passages could be conceived as arguments for rumination in a sound-bite culture.
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