Qui (pronounced as "Kwee")[1] are a rock group formed in 2000 in Los Angeles by Paul Christensen (drums/vocals) and Matt Cronk (guitar/vocals). A combination of punk, noise and experimental rock, they released their first full-length album Baby Kisses in 2003.
Qui | |
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 Qui performing at Liceo Mutante, Pontevedra | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Los Angeles |
| Genres | Noise rock, alternative rock |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Labels | Ipecac, Joyful Noise, Three One G, Heart of a Champion, Geertruida |
| Members | Paul Christensen Matt Cronk |
| Past members | David Yow |
| Website | https://www.facebook.com/quiband |
In 2006, after performing a number of shows as a guest vocalist, David Yow (ex-Scratch Acid, The Jesus Lizard) joined the band as vocalist, and features on the 2007 album Love's Miracle, released on Mike Patton's label Ipecac Recordings. Most of the songs on this album were written before Yow joined, but were reworked to take account of his vocals.[2] The first release with Yow fully involved came with the 2007 single "Today, Gestation" / "Freeze".[3]
In early 2008, Yow was hospitalized with a punctured lung after a show in Pittsburgh.[4] He has now fully recovered and the band announced European dates that took place during the second half of 2008. As of 2013, David Yow is no longer in the band.
In 2015, Qui recorded an album's worth of material, but had difficulty getting a record label to release it.[5] After receiving several offers from smaller record labels to release EPs and singles by the band,[5] the unreleased album was broken up into several EPs, 7" vinyl singles and splits.[5] How to Get Ideas was originally scheduled to be released as a 7" single, but was upgraded to a 10" vinyl EP once Dutch record label Geertruida found out from a local pressing plant that the cost of manufacturing a 7" and 10" vinyl were the same.[5][6] The EP was set to be released in support of a two-month European and United Kingdom tour, spanning from March 26 to May 15, 2016,[7] but due to continuous mistakes and delays by the Record Industry vinyl pressing plant in Haarlem, Netherlands, the record label and band did not receive the copies until nearly the end of the tour.[6] In 2017 the band released a cover of the jazz standard Misty as a single on Blank City Records.
Discography
editAlbums
edit- Baby Kisses (2003, Heart of a Champion)
- Love's Miracle (2007, Ipecac)
- Life, Water, Living... (2014, Cobraside)
- Qui w/ Trevor Dunn (2017, Joyful Noise)
- Snuh (2018, Three One G)
EPs
edit- How to Get Ideas (2016, Geertruida)
Singles
edit- "Today, Gestation" / "Freeze" (2007)
- "Misty" / "Pee Pee Vs Homo" (2017)
References
edit- ^ Interview with David Yow Archived 2008-07-20 at the Wayback Machine Drowned in Sound
- ^ Interview with David Yow Archived October 16, 2007, at the Wayback Machine Philadelphia Weekly, 10 October 2007
- ^ Today, Gestation / Freeze review and stream Pitchfork Media
- ^ Yow hospitalized, Qui cancel tour Archived January 29, 2009, at the Wayback Machine Pitchfork Media
- ^ a b c d Kretsch, Ron (August 4, 2016). "Melvins' Dale Crover joins Qui on 'My Knees': A Dangerous Minds premiere". DangerousMinds. Archived from the original on August 6, 2016. Retrieved November 26, 2022.
- ^ a b Shrum, Tony (April 21, 2016). "Tour Blog: Qui Embarks On Their European Tour (Week Three)". New Noise Magazine. Archived from the original on November 26, 2022. Retrieved November 26, 2022.
- ^ "QUI JR Mums Clenstch - Gig at Leeds Brudenell Social Club". Brudenell Social Club. May 9, 2016. Archived from the original on December 3, 2020. Retrieved November 26, 2022.