4/14/00
From the “While our hearts were sad to see them go, our livers felt otherwise” department:

After a week’s worth of dates on the Yo La Tengo tour through the Midwest and another week playing their way back to NYC, Quickspace ended their first US sojourn with a raucous hour-long performance on WFMU on Monday that sounded spectacular via my G3/T1 connection. Perhaps, we can put this up on the website soonish.

Sorry, West Coast... perhaps, next time. Meanwhile, you can take solace in the shape of the new Quickspace single coming up in a couple months that will have two brand new track on a 7" (“The Flat Moon Society” and “Semtex”) and the same two tracks plus two new versions of “Death of...” tracks (a sped-up version with an extra verse “The Lobbalong Song” & “The Munchers” with vocals) on the CD5.


12/13/1999
In March, we’ll be releasing a new album by a band we’ve wanted to work with for way too long. Quickspace are a London based quintet who have released a gang of great singles and two excellent albums on their own Kitty Kitty Corp. label. The 2nd of these albums, Precious Falling was reissued in the U.S. last year by Hidden Agenda and some of us still haven’t recovered from it. Quickspace, founded by former Th’ Faith Healers guitarist Tom Cullinan, have long employed Neu-ish repetition and a sound that’s equal parts beauty and violence, but the newer stuff is spinning into directions we’re having trouble keeping up with. Said one commentator, "you’ll feel yourself being propelled by a primal force called pop ecstasy (hey, remember that?) down an autobahn of hallucino-distorto-joy." Sheesh, I wish we hadn’t mentioned that, but what’s a little hyperbole in the name of heating? But even for those of you who long ago swore off the happy smokes, Quickspace are amazing. The new album The Death Of Quickspace is coming in March, followed by the band’s first North American tour.