Precious Falling
Death + Annie
Take Away
Mouse
7 Like That
Quickspace Happy Song #2
Hadid
Melo
Minors
Coca Lola
Obvious
Walk Me Home
The Mountain Waltz
Goodbye Precious Mountain
"Quickspace supply new credence to the hoary notion that Sonic Youth tangling with Can’s ‘Mother Sky’ would be the greatest record ever."
Formed in the middle of London in the middle of the nineteen nineties by Tom Cullinan (formally ring leader in The’ Faith Healers) the Quickspace philosophy was hard to place but easy to like. Shunning big money major label offers in favor of setting up their own Kitty Kitty Organisation within the UK, the band issued their first long-player Quickspace late in ’96 which was followed in ’97 by Supospot, a round up of singles and one-offs. Both releases along with their pop-intense live appearances sealed their reputation as a happy force of neat depth in the English independent community. The second full-length Quickspace album, Precious Falling, was released in the UK during the latter half of 1998. Sounding unique on the street, the Quickspace sound is a rush of riff-rattle repetition, heavy bass and pop vocals. Precious Falling is an exploration of mood. The melodies sometimes taste of melancholy and contemplation – "Take Away and the self-explanatory "Minors" are sweetly blue, while the second installment of Quickspace’s laudable campaign for optimism, "Quickspace Happy Song No. 2" illustrates the importance of catchy bleeps in keeping your chin up. The song is then deconstructed and cut up and messed up to produce "Hadid." This post Scratch-Perry production technique is then repeated for "Walk Me Home" which is slightly sinister and slightly cute. Precious Falling then shakes itself down for the epic Morricone mood swings of "Goodbye Precious Mountain" leaving the listener blinking at a new horizon.
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