Quasi - Doomscrollers

What this video is

Released November 2022, 'Doomscrollers' arrives in the post-pandemic cultural moment when social media anxiety, compulsive news consumption, and collective exhaustion had become dominant social phenomena. The song addresses the 21st-century condition of people paralyzed by a torrent of negative information — touching on isolation, pandemic routines, and digital overwhelm. It marks Quasi's return after a decade-long…

Why it matters

Represents a key data point in 2020s indie rock's reckoning with digital culture and pandemic-era alienation. Quasi's decade-long absence and return to Sub Pop positions this as a generational continuity marker connecting 1990s Pacific Northwest underground rock to contemporary indie commentary.…

The director

B.A. Miale is a NY-based video director, editor, and live projection artist. A School of Visual Arts graduate, she has directed and edited music videos since 2003 for artists including Quasi, Jon Spencer, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Ursula 1000, and Cherubs.…