''Fifteen Quiet Years'' is a

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by American

math rock Math rock is a style of progressive and indie rock with roots in bands such as King Crimson and Rush as well as 20th-century minimal music composers such as Steve Reich. It is characterized by complex, atypical rhythmic structures (includi ...

band

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, released on June 11, 2013 through

Quarterstick Records Quarterstick Records is a sublabel of Touch and Go Records. Artists *Bad Livers *Calexico * DK3 *Dead Child *June of 44 *Kepone *The Mekons * Mi Ami *Peter Móren (of Peter, Bjorn and John) *Mule *Naked Raygun *Tara Jane O'Neil *Pegboy *Phono-Co ...

. It consists of several tracks originally released only on compilations as well as recordings from the band's BBC session with

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. All the songs have been newly mastered by

Bob Weston Bob Weston (born 1965) is an American musician, producer, recording engineer, and record mastering engineer. Critic Jason AnkenyAnkeny, Jason. " Bob Weston: Overview from Allmusic.com declares that "Weston's name and fingerprints are all over th ...

for their inclusion in ''Fifteen Quiet Years''. All formats include a digital download of ten bonus live tracks.

Track listing

Personnel

;Rodan *

Jeff Mueller Jeff Mueller is an American vocalist and guitarist best known as a member of the math rock bands Rodan, Shipping News and June of 44. His bands have been critically recognized for being key forerunners in the development of post-rock, math rock a ...

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, vocals,

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ing *Jason B. Noble – guitar, vocals, remastering *

Tara Jane O'Neil Tara Jane O'Neil (born November 22, 1972) (surname sometimes written as "ONeil"; sometimes credited as TJO) is an American multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, audio recording engineer, and visual artist based out of Los Angeles, California, Unite ...

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bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

, guitar, vocals *Jon Cook – drums (1–5) *John Weiss – drums (6) *Kevin Coultas –

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(7–9, bonus live recordings) ;Production and additional personnel *David Babbitt –

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*Julia Carney – engineering *Ted de Bono – engineering *Forrest French – engineering *Steve Good – engineering *Aadam Jacobs – engineering *Patrick Klem – engineering *Kevin Ratterman – mastering *Cory Rayborn – engineering *

– mastering *

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References

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