Mole City

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Mole City
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1, 2013
Genre Indie rock
Label Kill Rock Stars (US)
Domino (UK)
Quasi chronology
American Gong
(2011)
Mole City
(2013)
Breaking the Balls of History
(2023)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Consequence of Sound C+ [2]
Pitchfork 6/10 [3]
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Under the Radar Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]

Mole City is an album by the American indie band Quasi. [6] The album was officially announced by the band via a video trailer in May 2013, with a track listing and pre-orders made available the following June. [7] [8] It was released on October 1, 2013, on Kill Rock Stars and Domino Records in the US and UK, respectively. [9]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "*"
  2. "You Can Stay But You Gotta Go"
  3. "See You on Mars"
  4. "Blasted"
  5. "Chrome Duck"
  6. "Chumps of Chance"
  7. "Fat Fanny Land"
  8. "Nostalgia Kills"
  9. "R.I.P."
  10. "Headshrinker"
  11. "Bedbug Town"
  12. "The Goat"
  13. "Geraldine"
  14. "Loopy"
  15. "Double Deuce"
  16. "Gnot"
  17. "Dust of the Sun"
  18. "Mole City"
  19. "An Ice Cube in the Sun"
  20. "One & Done"
  21. "The Dying Man"
  22. "Clap Trap"
  23. "New Western Way"
  24. "Beyond the Return of the Sun of Nowhere"

Personnel

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