Quasi Head For December 2013 UK tour

By Steve Janes

On October 10, 2013

In News

QUASI Dec Tour (London 11 & 13) Bristol, Leeds Glasgow, Edinburgh, Manchester, Birmingham, Colchester, Norwich and Brighton UK dates

DOUBLE ALBUM MOLE CITY & UK TOUR ANNOUNCED – WATCH TRAILER BELOW

STREAM ‘YOU CAN STAY BUT YOU GOT TO GO’ HERE

Below are the tour dates, and you can find the ticket links HERE

05/12/13: The Fleece – Bristol (UK)

06/12/13: Brudenell Social Club – Leeds (UK)

07/12/13: Broadcast – Glasgow (UK)

08/12/13: Deaf Institute – Manchester (UK)

09/12/13: Hare & Hounds – Birmingham (UK)

10/12/13: Colchester Arts Centre – Colchester (UK)

11/12/13: Shepherds Bush Empire – London (UK)

12/12/13: Norwich Arts Centre – Norwich (UK)

13/12/13: Cargo – London (UK)

14/12/13: The Haunt – Brighton (UK)

Watch the new video for See You On Mars here –

“Quasi’s songs teeter between optimism and despair, fantastical journeys and harsh realism; this is a pop band for people who like their pop throttled” — NPR

“Quasi career emotively between Hammond wig-outs, naked piano chords and subversive guitar pop ditties, buoyed by the vicious drumming of Weis” — NME

“Weiss is a remarkable, unpredictable drummer, and the pair play perfectly together, having reached the point at which improvisation becomes the result of an intuitive locking of creative minds.” —Pitchfork

Mole City is not in the tradition or deviating from the tradition – it is the tradition. After two decades of launching drums, guitars and pianos through the shifting interzones between harmony and chaos (moonlighting along the way with the likes of Sleater-Kinney, Wild Flag, Elliott Smith, Built to Spill and a long list of others), Quasi are a genre of their own – they write songs in the style of Quasi, and Mole City is the Quasi Song Book: Parlour Sing-alongs for the Last Century.

Listen to ‘You Can Stay But You Got To Go’ HERE and watch the trailer below –

Now in their 20th year as a band, and a two-piece once again, Sam Coomes and Janet Weis hand-deliver the double album/Liberation Cookbook/Encyclopedia of Kicking Ass, Mole City, to those of us who still care about well-built, homemade objects crafted with integrity, spirit, fire, and skill.

This is the music at an agnostic afterlife juke joint where lysergic teardrops are cried into sweating mugs of high octane hellfire, the bartender can see clear through to your every thought, fear and desire, the upright player’s head is locked into a guillotine, and the guys next to you are whispering conspiratorially about how to fix their time machine. Shakin’ blues, precision freak-outs, air-guitar-worthy riffs, heavy round droplets of time, fuzz everything, wah wahs, ya yas, ooh ahs, grunts, shuffle struts and chiming minor seventh chords – this is rock n roll.

The album will be available deluxe double heavyweight tip on sleeve vinyl with Quasi 20 year anniversary fanzine, featuring photos, and musings by Sam and Janet, Carrie Brownstein, Jon Raymond, Corin Tucker, Jon Spencer and more plus Bonus CD-R ‘Covers’ EP features Quasi versions of Dont’ Stop Me Now (Queen), Let’s Get It On (Marvin Gaye), and What’s So Funny ‘Bout Peace Love & Understanding (Elvis Costello and the Attractions).

The first ten deluxe LP orders will receive a voice mail message from Sam & Janet whom will create a one of a kind outgoing phone message just for you!

All pre-orders come with a copy of Quasi’s ‘Covers’ EP.

Mole City Track Listing:

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2. You Can Stay But You Got To Go

3. See You On Mars

4. Blasted

5. Chrome Duck

6. Chumps Of Chance

7. Fat Fanny Land

8. Nostalgia Kills

9. R.I.P

10. Headshrinker

11. Bedbug Town

12. The Goat

13. Geraldine

14. Loopy

15. Double Deuce

16. Gnot

17. Dust Of The Sun

18. Mole City

19. An Ice Cube In The Sun

20. One And Done

21. The Dying Man

22. Clap Trap

23. New Western Way

24. Beyond The Return Of The Sun Of Nowhere