{"product_id":"kings-of-convenience-quiet-is-the-new-loud-2024-repress","title":"KINGS OF CONVENIENCE - Quiet Is The New Loud (2024 Repress)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\" mce-data-marked=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLP - Black Vinyl Repress housed in a Gatefold Sleeve.  \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eQuiet Is the New Loud\u003c\/em\u003e is the debut album by Norwegian duo \u003cstrong\u003eKings of Convenience\u003c\/strong\u003e. Originally released January 29, 2001. The album features the singles “\u003cem\u003eWinning a Battle, Losing the War\u003c\/em\u003e” and “\u003cem\u003eToxic Girl\u003c\/em\u003e”.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmerging in 2001 on a small wave of hype touting Norway as a new musical hotbed, Quiet is the New Loud was startling in its earnestness, even to ears that had been softened by the likes of Belle and Sebastian. Where that Scottish band tempers its twee-ness with clever, winking wordplay, \u003cstrong\u003eErlend Oye\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eEirik Glambek Boe\u003c\/strong\u003e are more akin to a latter-day Simon and Garfunkel or a couple of Nick Drakes who are lucky to have found each other. Disarmingly sensitive, poetic tracks such as “\u003cem\u003eParallel Lines\u003c\/em\u003e” (“What’s the immaterial substance that envelops two\/That one perceives as hunger and the other as food”) are sung by the duo in honeyed harmonies with a pleasantly laid-back delivery. Oye and Boe eschew drums on all but two tracks (upbeat highlights “\u003cem\u003eToxic Girl\u003c\/em\u003e” and “\u003cem\u003eFailure\u003c\/em\u003e“), simply using layered guitars and the occasional string, piano, or trumpet flourish to accent the hushed power of their songs. The overall effect is one of bedroom introspection, well suited to their nostalgic, inward-looking lyrics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe album is certified Silver in the UK and Gold in their native Norway.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Play It Again Sam","offers":[{"title":"LP - Gatefold Vinyl","offer_id":47880021442905,"sku":"SDZ-19805","price":17.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/files\/Kings_Of_Convenience_-_Quiet_Is_The_New_Loud_-_2026_Reissue.jpg?v=1766150234","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/kings-of-convenience-quiet-is-the-new-loud-2024-repress","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}