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ARTIST HIGHLIGHT: Quiet Company (Austin, TX)
(We have a few questions out to the band we’ll post in the next couple days). We’ve noticed these dudes from Austin getting a bit of attention lately and wanted to make sure all our folks new about them…especially our readers in Texas. You may have been able to catch them headline the recent 2014 IMR festival here in Atlanta (we missed them b/c we were rocking Bonnaroo) but if you didn’t, you can catch them this Friday in Austin at the Empire Control Room & Garage, or this Saturday in Houston, TX at Walter’s…where they’ll be playing Weezer’s Pinkterton album in full + some original tunes too. Quiet Company is a straight up Indie rock band that has been compared to the likes of Death Cab and Weezer but with a harder flare. They have an amazing vocalist in Taylor Muse and the band has songs that range from dance pop to power ballad to future rock anthem – and from what I’ve researched so far – they have an awesome, energetic live show. Here is a bit from recent press release and bio:
…with attention from the likes of the NY Times, Paste Magazine, NPR (Top 5 Bands to See at SXSW), Last Call with Carson Daly, Houston Chronicle, Austin Chronicle and more.
During SXSW 2014, Quiet Company won Rock Band of the Year to add to their previous 10 Austin Music Awards including Band of the Year, Album of the Year, Rock Band of the Year, Indie Band of the Year and Song of the Year, all won on the strength of their 2011 release, We Are All Where We Belong.
After the success of their 2013 album re-release, A Dead Man on My Back: Shine Honesty Revisited, the band was chosen to be a Red Bull Sound Select Artist and featured on a segment on NPR’s All Things Considered which rekindled interest in We Are All Where We Belong & shot the album up to #7 on the iTunes Rock charts nearly 2 years after release.
After an amazing year on the road with festivals including NXNE, CMJ, ACL Fest and more, the band kicked off 2014 in the studio writing their their highly anticipated new full-length, Transgressor, in Austin, TX with Matt Noveskey (Blue October) producing & mixed by the legendary Tim Palmer (U2, Pearl Jam, The Cure). Never one to write the same album twice, Transgressor is a departure from anything Quiet Company has recorded before. With its soaring guitar & fuzzed-out bass lines, Transgressor really shines with the addition of two new members to the band. Backed by new drummer, Evan Smoker’s pulsing rhythms & Bill Gyrta’s melodic synth lines perfectly compliment Taylor Muse’s confessional lyrics and cathartic tenor. Evoking comparisons to Foo Fighters, Pavement & Manchester Orchestra, Quiet Company’s Transgressor will be leading the way as rock makes a return to form in 2014.
Quiet Company on FaCeBoOk
Get tickets for their upcoming shows here.
More info at:
http://www.quietcompanymusic.com/
