The Quiet Ones
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| The Quiet Ones | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Chattanooga, |
| Genre(s) | Experimental Indie |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Label(s) | In Advance/Firefly Sessions |
| Website | quietonesmusic.com |
| Members | |
| John Totten David Totten Chris Totten Mason Neely Baine Craft John Herman |
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The Quiet Ones is a Seattle, Washington based indie rock collective with members located across the country. Core members include John Totten (vocals, bass), David Totten (guitar), Chris Totten (drums, keyboard), and Mason Neely (production, drums, keyboard). The group began in 2001 in Knoxville, TN, by John Totten with help from Neely. They were joined by Totten's brothers, as well as friend Ryan Dixon for the first album, Your Inner Ear, released in 2004 on In Advance Records. The follow-up, Your Inner Ear Vol. 2, came out later that year. Via Firefly Sessions[1], the Nite You Surprised Me EP was released in summer 2006, even after Neely had moved to Boston. Meanwhile, the Totten brothers moved to Seattle and maintained contact with Neely by sending tracks through the mail.[1]
The EP was release to critical acclaim from publications such as Three Imaginary Girls[2] and The Stranger[3] who compared the band to Wilco. The EP also received college radio play landing it on the CMJ Top 200 in the fall of 2006.
Totten met Neely while the two were studying jazz at University of Tennessee. It was while studying jazz that Totten decided to commit his life to popular music.[4]
The bands sound covers a wide variety of sounds including indie rock, French pop, alt-country, classic rock, punk, krautrock, pop, space rock, folk, noise, found sound, instrumental rock, art rock, psychadelic, power pop, chamber pop, Brit pop, Americana, and experimental rock. Their myspace lists their influences as The Beatles, The Who, Can, John Fahey, Television, The Elephant Six Collective, Smog, Trans Am, Bob Dylan, Guided By Voices, Wilco, Lambchop, Big Star, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Silver Jews, Stereolab, The Glands, The Kinks, Neil Young, Pavement, Steely Dan, and Jim O'Rourke.
In 2007, The Quiet Ones added drummer Baine Craft and bassist John Herman to their lineup.[5] This was while recording their next full length, Better Walk Than Ride Like That, a title that came from a post card singer John Totten received from Silver Jews David Berman.[6]
In 2008, The Quiet Ones supported Blitzen Trapper, Fleet Foxes, Elf Power, French Kicks, and Two Gallants.
In 2008, In Advance Records [2] released the seven inch Sound Of Fog featuring two songs from Better Walk Than Ride Like That and a song recorded live at Seattle radio station KEXP.[7]
[edit] References
- ^ allmusic ((( The Quiet Ones > Overview )))
- ^ The Quiet Ones —Nite You Surprised Me | Three Imaginary Girls
- ^ Up & Coming - Music - Up & Coming - The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper
- ^ The Missoula Independent Online - Little bit louder now
- ^ MySpace.com - The Quiet Ones - Seattle - Pop / Pop - www.myspace.com/thequietonesmusic
- ^ John Lennon in the College Tower: Silver Jews And Chattanooga Album Titles
- ^ John Lennon in the College Tower: Sound Of Fog 7" Now Available
