This is my kind of pop music...
From Lee Zukor at All Music:
For a two-piece band, Quasi sure does make a lot of noise. Their second CD, R&B Transmogrification, is filled with indie-pop gems buried under layers of textured sound, bringing to mind the best work of labelmates Built to Spill. Sam Coomes' nasal vocals, also reminiscent of Built to Spill's Doug Marsch, are often plaintive, but never dull. Using a heavily distorted "Rocksichord" -- an electronic keyboard invented to approximate the sound of a harpsichord -- as its central instrument, R&B Transmogrification combines a retro feel with a healthy helping of grunge, sort of the Doors meets Pavement. Best of all are the songs, which include "Ballad of Mechanical Man" (which uses the lyrics "soon we'll all be dead" as its creepy, catchy hook) and "Birds Eyes View" (written by drummer Janet Weiss of Sleater-Kinney), which recalls the work of the Magnetic Fields and Brian Eno.
Technical Information:
Artist: Quasi
Album: R&B Transmogrification
Year: 1997
Audio Codec(s): FLAC
Encoding: Lossless
Rip: EAC split tracks
Avg. bitrate: 854 kb/s
Sample rate: 44100 Hz
Bits per sample: 16
Channels: 2
File size: 288 MB
Length: 0:47:09
Tracklisting:
01. Ghost Dreaming (3:24)
02. Ballad of Mechanical Man (3:13)
03. In the First Place (4:02)
04. Bird's Eye View (3:23)
05. Two-Faced (2:53)
06. Ghost vs. Vampire (3:26)
07. R&B Transmogrification (2:29)
08. When I'm Dead (2:20)
09. Sugar (5:27)
10. My Coffin (3:59)
11. Mama, Papa, Baby (2:59)
12. Chocolate Rabbit (3:24)
13. The Iron Worm (3:18)
14. Clouds (2:52)
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