QUASI: REPULSION

You might not be completely familiar with Quasi unless you are from the Northwest, but the under-rated Portland, OR indie band has been around since ’93.  Band members Coomes and Weiss have an interesting music history; they have been married to each other, divorced, Coomes has played bass with Elliott Smith and Weiss formerly drummed for Sleater-Kinney. Together, the couple has released eight full length albums, a live CD and several singles, even a cover of the Rolling Stones “Paint It Black” backed by Elliot Smith.  Their new guitar heavy sludge pop album American Gong was released this past February on Kill Rock Stars label and the single “Repulsion” has an early Dinosaur Jr. feel to it. A bit messy and dark overlapped with some really awesome vocal harmonies.  Check out the bands low-budget video for “Repulsion” below: