''Quiet Ferocity'' is the third
studio album
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by Australian indie rock band
the Jungle Giants
The Jungle Giants are an Australian indie rock band from Brisbane, Queensland, who formed in 2011.
The band have released four full-length albums and two EPs. Their fourth studio album, ''Love Signs'', was released on 23 July 2021.
Career 201 ...
, released on 7 July 2017 through Amplifire Music. The album peaked at number 11 on the
ARIA Charts
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, becoming the band's highest charting album.
Frontman Sam Hales said "For ''Quiet Ferocity'' we found a studio close to home and treated it like a job, clocking on and off everyday, and because I was producing it as well everything was quicker – there was no middle man. There was a certain flow to it, it's like we found our tempo, the particular speed we like to work at." Hales later added "We were so excited to get this record out because we'd been sitting on it for a couple of months."
The album was support by a national tour between August and September 2017.
At the
AIR Awards of 2018
The AIR Awards of 2018 is the twelfth annual Australian Independent Record Labels Association Music Awards (generally known as the AIR Awards) and was an award ceremony at Queen's Theatre Adelaide, Australia on Thursday 26 July 2017.
In 2018, ...
, the album won Best Independent Album or EP.
At the 2018
Queensland Music Awards
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Each year, the QMA Song of the Year is immortalised in a ...
, the album won Album of the Year.
Critical reception
Jessica Dale from ''
The Music
The Music are an English alternative rock band, formed in Kippax, Leeds in 1999. Comprising Robert Harvey (vocals, guitar), Adam Nutter (lead guitar), Stuart Coleman (bass) and Phil Jordan (drums), the band came to prominence with the releas ...
'' wrote that "Sam Hales and co have created a fun, jangly release that surely holds hits that will see you through to the warm summer months." adding tracks like 'People Always Say' and 'Time and Time Again' show maturity and growth in
The Jungle Giants
The Jungle Giants are an Australian indie rock band from Brisbane, Queensland, who formed in 2011.
The band have released four full-length albums and two EPs. Their fourth studio album, ''Love Signs'', was released on 23 July 2021.
Career 201 ...
sound and it's easy to hear that producing the works themselves has influenced their updated sound."
Triple J
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called the album "groove fuelled", adding the band have "ended up with ten sleek dance rock tracks".
Brooke Hunter from ''Girl'' magazine felt that "''Quiet Ferocity'' has that easy listening vibe that reminds you of summer road-trips", adding "All the songs have that infectious happy-feel that keeps you wanting more."
Track listing
Charts
Release history
References
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2017 albums
The Jungle Giants albums
Albums produced by Sam Hales
Albums produced by Konstantin Kersting