The Quiet Ones

Infobox musical artist |
Name = The Quiet Ones
Background = group_or_band
Origin = Chattanooga,
Tennessee, USA
Genre = Experimental Indie
Label =In Advance/Firefly Sessions
Years_active = 2001–present | Labels =In Advance, Firefly Sessions [http://www.fireflysessions.com]

Associated_acts =
URL = [http://www.quietonesmusic.com/ quietonesmusic.com]
Current_members = John Totten
David Totten
Chris Totten
Mason Neely
Baine Craft
John Herman

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), ChrisTotten (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, aswell 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 [http://www.fireflysessions.com] , 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. [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:dcfwxq9sldhe allmusic ((( The Quiet Ones > Overview ))) ] ]

The EP was release to critical acclaim from publications such as Three Imaginary Girls [ [http://www.threeimaginarygirls.com/quietones07feb.asp The Quiet Ones —Nite You Surprised Me | Three Imaginary Girls ] ] and The Stranger [ [http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=128633 Up & Coming - Music - Up & Coming - The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper ] ] 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. [ [http://missoulanews.com/index.cfm?do=article.details&id=C3D6DE6C-2BF4-55D0-F1FCA0737345E149 The Missoula Independent Online - Little bit louder now ] ]

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 theirlineup. [ [http://www.myspace.com/thequietonesmusic MySpace.com - The Quiet Ones - Seattle - Pop / Pop - www.myspace.com/thequietonesmusic ] ] 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. [ [http://collegetower.chattablogs.com/archives/063496.html John Lennon in the College Tower: Silver Jews And Chattanooga Album Titles ] ]

In 2008, The Quiet Ones supported Blitzen Trapper, Fleet Foxes, Elf Power, French Kicks, and Two Gallants.

In 2008, In Advance Records [http://myspace.com/inadvancerecords] 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. [ [http://collegetower.chattablogs.com/archives/066963.html John Lennon in the College Tower: Sound Of Fog 7" Now Available ] ]

In July 2008, John Totten toured as a solo artist with Marty Marquis of Blitzen Trapper [http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/article/2500]

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