290: Sam Coomes (Quasi)

The Trap Set with Joe Wong

Joe Wong

Joewong, Drums, Comedy, Performing Arts, Arts, Drummers

4.8 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2020

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Today's guest is Sam Coomes, a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist who is perhaps best known as one half of the duo, Quasi, a band he co-founded with Janet Weiss in 1993.

Sam possesses a seemingly effortless sense of musicality and a gift for uniquely memorable melody. His lyrics are also fantastic...basically, he has all the bases covered. Aside from his work with Quasi, Sam's played with a host of artists such as Built to Spill, The Go-Betweens, Jon Spencer, Heatmiser, Pink Mountain.

Quasi recently released an incredible video for their song "Last Days of the Thin Blue Line Lie". Check it out here.

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0:00.0	This is Joe Wong.
0:15.3	Welcome to the Trap Set.
0:17.6	During the age of social distancing, we're recording remotely and releasing extra episodes.
0:23.6	Wake up!
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0:36.6	Wake up! Wake up! We're going to make up Oh my God Oh my God Oh my
0:38.3	God
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0:40.3	The and God's Last days of the redolent blue line line
1:07.0	On through with the killer in blue light Today on Today's guest is
1:25.6	Sam Coombs, a singer and singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, who is perhaps
1:30.7	best known as one half of the duo, Quasi, a band he formed with Janet Weiss in 1993.
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