- Record Label: Source / Astralwerks
- Release Date: Mar 6, 2001
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It's an album for well-mannered emotional crises in front of log fires, a soundtrack for quivering bottom lips.
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There may be some satirical, post-ironic thing going on here, but you'll be too bored to notice or care.
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Alternative PressThough this is limp-wristed stuff, it's also undeniably beautiful, often recalling Nick Drake and Belle & Sebastian. [#154, p.82]
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The pair's lack of ambition might eventually grate but listen to this on your own on a rainy Sunday, with the thermostat set on 25 and its hallucinatory qualities might well invade your being.
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The formula of acoustic arpeggios, light drumming, tender pianos, and the occasional subtle horn or string section makes for an album that's as slight and gentle as Saltines and mineral water. The boys never deviate from this, and thus Quiet is the New Loud, inane title and all, never reaches higher than saccharine easy listening.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 13 out of 16
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Mixed: 0 out of 16
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Negative: 3 out of 16
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RussBJun 4, 2006
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EricNov 1, 2001
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KurtS.Oct 26, 2001