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Mole City

2013 studio album by Quasi

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 27, 2025
Entity authorityQ17026036 ↗
Source-derived summary

Mole City is the ninth studio album by the American indie band Quasi. 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. It was released on October 1, 2013, on Kill Rock Stars and Domino Records in the US and UK, respectively.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Mole City” as 2013 studio album by Quasi. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewBest approached as a cultural-object dossier: authorship and date matter, but circulation and reception often explain the wider significance. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2013—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2013. The account is most persuasive where Mole, City and studio can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the arts & letters register because the source frames it as 2013 studio album by Quasi. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 27, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q17026036. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2013.

Critical limits

Later fame can flatten the distinction between original context, subsequent adaptation and institutional collecting history. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Mole City”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Mole City primary sources, Mole City archive and Mole research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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  2. Where is authorship, date or provenance documented?
  3. Which edition, object, performance or recording is being described?
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This entry incorporates text from “Mole City” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.