''Surviving the Quiet'' is the debut

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by the

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band

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, following 1998's singles compilation ''

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''. The album was released in 2000.

Critical reception

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'' wrote: "'Folksong Crisis' is a sweet-and-sour sing-along that rides its hooks like Sonic Youth thrashing it out with Sleater-Kinney; and the more subdued numbers showcased a young band reaching a kind of creative maturity that’d feed into a very good follow-up, 2001’s ''When Do We Start Fighting...''" ''

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'' deemed it a "crackling bolt of sonic electricity." ''

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'' thought that the band's "repertoire sounds like a reprise of much of the best of the 1990s American alternative scene ... But the guys carry it off."

Track listing

All songs written by

. #"Guntrip" – 2:35 #"Easy Path" – 3:12 #"Belt" – 5:23 #"Dear Leap The Ride" – 2:54 #"This Is Not An Exit" – 3:43 #"Led By Bison" – 4:29 #"Toggle" – 6:02 #"Beware Design" – 2:06 #"Folksong Crisis" – 4:32 #"fscII/The Quiet" – 10:51

Personnel

*David Line – Vocals,

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s *Charles Macleod – Guitars *Kevin Hendrik –

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, vocals *Caroline Banks –

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, vocals *Melvin Duffy –

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on "Dear Leap The Ride" and "Toggle" *Sarah Measures –

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on "Folksong Crisis" and "fscII/The Quiet" *Leo –

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on "Beware Design"

References

2000 debut albums Seafood (band) albums Fierce Panda Records albums {{2000s-alt-rock-album-stub