Qui (pronounced as "Kwee") are a

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group formed in 2000 in

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by Paul Christensen (drums/vocals) and Matt Cronk (guitar/vocals). A combination of

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and experimental rock, they released their first full-length album ''Baby Kisses'' in 2003. In 2006, after performing a number of shows as a guest vocalist,

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(ex-

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) joined the band as vocalist, and features on the 2007 album ''Love's Miracle'', released on

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's label

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. Most of the songs on this album were written before Yow joined, but were reworked to take account of his vocals. The first release with Yow fully involved came with the 2007 single "Today, Gestation" / "Freeze". In early 2008, Yow was hospitalized with a

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after a show in

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. 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. After receiving several offers from smaller record labels to release EPs and singles by the band, the unreleased album was broken up into several EPs, 7" vinyl singles and splits. ''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. 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, 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. In 2017 the band released a cover of the jazz standard Misty (song), Misty as a single on Blank City Records.

Discography

Albums

*''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

* ''How to Get Ideas'' (2016, Geertruida)

Singles

*"Today, Gestation" / "Freeze" (2007) *"Misty" / "Pee Pee Vs Homo" (2017)

References

External links

* * https://web.archive.org/web/20140814173402/http://ihatequi.com/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Qui (Band) Alternative rock groups from California American noise rock music groups Geertruida (record label) artists Ipecac Recordings artists Joyful Noise Recordings artists Musical groups from Los Angeles Musical groups established in 2000