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Artist Quasi

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  • Quasi John Clark

Catchiness is just one fault line among many that Quasi's Sam Coomes and Janet Weiss (also of Sleater-Kinney) have enjoyed skipping along ever since 1993. Case in point: The new American Gong finds the two (and new bassist Joanna Bolme) crashing about all over the place–from noisy guitar-rock to elegant piano-pop–but still kicks off with the addictive, stretchy hooks of "Repulsion." Though it's Quasi's first album in four years, Gong keeps up the disjointed chaos of the band's blues-rock, drums-and-keys starting point, which fuels the group's ongoing versatility. 

Updated 04/15/2010

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