![]() ![]() “Sam Coomes’ and Janet Weiss spill woeful tales over backdrops of guitar fuzz and unpredictable arrangements.” - Alternative Press “ R&B Transmogrification is a fully realized nugget of indie rock, not just an indulgent side project.” - Seattle Times “Quasi fashion an exuberant noise in unique settings…The playing is intuitive, sonic, and playful arrangements are incredibly distinct and imaginative.” - Your Flesh But never have the two morose subjects sounded so beautiful and harmless. This all lays the foundation for lyrical explorations of the apparently inexhaustible themes of death and the failure of love. With a heavy emphasis onfuzz piano and “kinetic” drumming, guitars chime in spare and harmonious throughout the songs, showing the soulful grace hidden behind a thin veil of cacophony. Recorded in a cold, Portland, OR basement during the winter of 1996, R&B Transmogrification serves as an almost exact representation of the duo’s amazing live sound. On R&B Transmogrification Quasi comes further out of the Northwest woodwork with an album that rolls some of the most intense pop numbers up with the saddest lyrics you’ve ever heard. Despite Sam joining Heatmiser and Janet taking over the drums for Sleater-Kinney, Sam and Janet continued to develop Quasi, eventually crafting enough songs for a new album. After the dissolution of Motorgoat in 1993, Sam and Janet continued as Quasi, which grew from a side project that took in songs that didn’t fit under Motorgoat’s roof into a larger part of Sam and Janet’s lives, eventually resulting in Quasi’s 1995 debut, Early Recordings. Quasi’s (pronounced KWAH-zee) primary instrumentalist Sam Coomes played in the Donner Party before starting Motorgoat in 1992 with drummer Janet Weiss. ![]() R&B TRANSMOGRIFICATION (MARCH 25TH, 1997) Revisit each of these fantastic records (or listen for the first time maybe?) right now via YouTube: R&B Transmogrification - Featuring “Birds” - Field Studies LP preorders for each release will be available on black vinyl, in addition to three limited-edition colors: R&B Transmogrification on light green Featuring “Birds” on light blue and Field Studies on white (while supplies last, so don’t sleep!). on May 27th through Up Records (via Sub Pop), and are now available for preorder at Sub Pop Mega Mart and independent retailers near you. ![]() All three titles will be available in the U.S. This repress also marks the first time that R&B Transmogrification is available as a stand-alone vinyl release (it was previously available as a bonus LP, packaged with the release of Featuring “Birds”). Up Records, in partnership with Sub Pop, has repressed Quasi’s classic label discography – R&B Transmogrification (1997), Featuring “Birds” (1998), and Field Studies (1999) – on vinyl. ![]()
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