Quasi

Portland, Oregon-based indie pop duo Quasi teamed vocalist/guitarist/keyboardist Sam Coomes and drummer Janet Weiss, who also not merely previously joined causes in the music group Motorgoat but additionally married and divorced. Following a 1993 break up solitary with Bugskull, small was noticed from Quasi until 1996, once the duo released the first Recordings collection. In 1997, Weiss became a member of Sleater-Kinney for his or her classic Drill down Me Out recording, but she also continuing collaborating with Coomes, which same year noticed the release from the Quasi recording R&B Transmogrification. Its 1998 follow-up, Featuring “Parrots”, was one of the year’s most acclaimed self-employed outings, and in 1999 Quasi resurfaced with Field Research. By the brand new millennium, Weiss and Coomes discovered a fresh label house with Contact & Proceed. The Sword of God made an appearance in 2001, marking Quasi’s sharpest materials since their inception. 2 yrs later on, the band’s snide love of life was discovered once more within the politics-heavy Sizzling Shit. In 2006, the music group returned towards the studio room and, by using maker Dave Fridmann, released the rollicking Once the Heading Gets Dark. After adding Jicks bassist Joanna Bolme towards the lineup and shifting to Kill Rock and roll Celebrities, the group released its seventh recording, American Gong, in Feb of 2010. Quasi came back to being truly a duo in 2011 before coming back with their 8th recording, the sprawling Mole Town, in 2013.