The Death of Quickspace explained

The Death Of Quickspace
Type:Album
Artist:Quickspace
Cover:The_Death_Of_Quickspace.jpg
Released:March 21, 2000
Recorded:1999–2000
Genre:Space rock, krautrock, noise pop, experimental rock
Length:44:45
Label:Kitty Kitty
Matador[1]
Producer:Tom Cullinan
Prev Title:Precious Falling
Prev Year:1998

The Death Of Quickspace is the third and final album released by Quickspace.[2] It was released in 2000.[3]

Production

The album was written in the studio and recorded live.[4] It was produced by frontman Tom Cullinan.

Critical reception

NME wrote that "it seems Tom Cullinan‘s Krautrock disciples have hit upon a motorik El Dorado – a place where tedium is transcended by zealous determination, and glacial repetition becomes a thing of hushed and haunted beauty." Ox-Fanzine deemed the album "a really good record with a pop character here, occasionally spiced up with sawing guitars."[5] Billboard wrote: "A bizarre semi-song cycle of fuzzed-out guitars and warbling strings that loops back on itself on multiple occasions, The Death Of Quickspace is anything but easily digestible."[1] The Sunday Times called the album "weird but wonderful," writing that "the smothering bass and protracted noodlings give way to something more fractured, culminating in the ceilidh-in-a-Munich- bierkeller brutality of the gloriously brusque closer, '4'."[6]

Track listing

  1. "The Lobbalong Song" – 4:11
  2. "They Shoot Horse, Don't They?" – 7:33
  3. "Climbing A Hill" – 11:03
  4. "Munchers, No Munchers" – 3:26
  5. "Gloriana" – 5:59
  6. "The Munchers" – 3:15
  7. "A Rose" – 6:15
  8. "Lob It" – 2:29
  9. "4" – 0:31

Notes and References

  1. The Death Of Quickspace . Billboard . Apr 8, 2000 . 112 . 15 . 22.
  2. Web site: Quickspace | Biography & History. AllMusic.
  3. Web site: Yo La Tengo with Quickspace. Mark. Athitakis. Riverfront Times.
  4. Music: POP CD RELEASES . The Guardian . 24 Mar 2000 . 21.
  5. Web site: Reviews: Quickspace / The Death of Quickspace CD. Ox-Fanzine. Wittwer, Claus. March–May 2000. May 22, 2019. DE.
  6. Cairns . Dan . On Record . Sunday Times . 2 Apr 2000 . 20.