Tumblr (3.0; @thequietamericans)http://thequietamericans.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m61m0ymaLC1qgqr90o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>big brother, little brother</p>http://thequietamericans.tumblr.com/post/25679188264http://thequietamericans.tumblr.com/post/25679188264Fri, 22 Jun 2012 19:46:10 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m15dmbNeBE1qgi4njo1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m15dmbNeBE1qgi4njo2_500.png"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://coattrack.tumblr.com/post/19583649351">coattrack</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>cassette imprints for CTR013: <strong><a href="http://tbimusic.tumblr.com">Troubled By Insects</a></strong>’ <em>Kaliphornya Girlssss</em></p> <p>coattrack 2012: <em>yr of the husssss</em></p> </blockquote>http://thequietamericans.tumblr.com/post/21290728499http://thequietamericans.tumblr.com/post/21290728499Tue, 17 Apr 2012 18:58:54 -0400<iframe class="tumblr_audio_player tumblr_audio_player_18619221529" src="http://thequietamericans.tumblr.com/post/18619221529/audio_player_iframe/thequietamericans/tumblr_m05xrgIeDP1qfpvf4?audio_file=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tumblr.com%2Faudio_file%2Fthequietamericans%2F18619221529%2Ftumblr_m05xrgIeDP1qfpvf4" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" scrolling="no" width="500" height="169"></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thismusicdoesntsuck.tumblr.com/post/18505580699/the-quiet-americans-selia-this-track-is-so">thismusicdoesntsuck</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>The Quiet Americans</p> <p>“Selia”</p> <p>This track is so cool.  I imagine this is the music you hear when the girl of your dreams walks through the door for the first time.  That mix of exhilaration in seeing the beauty of your future and the pinch of anxiety knowing you have to go make it happen.</p> <p>Go listen to the rest of the <em><strong>Medicine</strong></em> EP at <strong><a href="http://quietamericans.bandcamp.com/">bandcamp.</a></strong></p> <p>  <a href="http://quietamericans.bandcamp.com/"><img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m05xrgIeDP1qfpvf4_1330533113_cover.png"/></a></p> </blockquote>http://thequietamericans.tumblr.com/post/18619221529http://thequietamericans.tumblr.com/post/18619221529Fri, 02 Mar 2012 15:50:16 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvftr3SGSQ1qiotdxo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvftr3SGSQ1qiotdxo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/>http://thequietamericans.tumblr.com/post/13510171763http://thequietamericans.tumblr.com/post/13510171763Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:30:00 -0500<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/30391155?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Thanks <a title="CMJ" target="_blank" href="http://www.cmj.com/news/video-premiere-quiet-americans-be-alone/">CMJ</a> for premiering our video!</p>http://thequietamericans.tumblr.com/post/12603482362http://thequietamericans.tumblr.com/post/12603482362Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:45:00 -0500<a href="http://letsgetbent.tumblr.com/post/11914997137/review-the-quiet-americans-medicine">GET BENT!: Review: The Quiet Americans - Medicine</a>: <p><a href="http://letsgetbent.tumblr.com/post/11914997137/review-the-quiet-americans-medicine">letsgetbent</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><img width="600" src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltlhyw9VRq1qihnsp.jpg"/></p> <p>By <a target="_blank" href="http://letsgetbent.tumblr.com/tagged/christian_church">Christian Church</a></p> <p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Quiet-Americans/169213129791946">The Quiet Americans</a> is an interesting choice of names for a group so steeped in British psychedelia. But from the first warped chord of “Be Alone” to the last bit of static on “Weird Mountain”, these Yanks from Fresno, CA stake their own claim. The six tracks on…</p> </blockquote>http://thequietamericans.tumblr.com/post/11916024730http://thequietamericans.tumblr.com/post/11916024730Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:34:51 -0400<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/6wXPuITCyyg?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/>http://thequietamericans.tumblr.com/post/11257290429http://thequietamericans.tumblr.com/post/11257290429Sun, 09 Oct 2011 22:32:02 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lky7kfpTwm1qjl48jo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://midfielectronics.tumblr.com/post/5341049028">midfielectronics</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Here’s a pic of the new “Demo Tape Fuzz”!!!</p> </blockquote> <p>Might need to pick up one of these…</p>http://thequietamericans.tumblr.com/post/9997229685http://thequietamericans.tumblr.com/post/9997229685Fri, 09 Sep 2011 12:16:09 -0400<iframe src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F21133437&liking=false&sharing=false&origin=tumblr" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" class="soundcloud_audio_player" width="500" height="116"></iframe><br/><br/><p><a href="http://yvynyl.tumblr.com/post/9672851955">yvynyl</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://quietamericans.bandcamp.com/album/medicine">The Quiet Americans</a> - Be Alone</p> <p>This family band from Fresno, California write incredibly catchy psych-influenced garage rock. Band leader<span><strong> Luke Giffen</strong> is something of a <strong>Vince Noir</strong> - he works by day at the local zoo to support his family - and lays down sweet jams on his 8-track by night with his brother-in-law <strong>Eli Reyes</strong> and little brother <strong>Ross Giffen</strong>.  Not sure if he can speak to animals, but my bet is he speaks to the pop gods on the reg.</span></p> <p>Pick up their <a href="http://quietamericans.bandcamp.com/album/medicine">Medicine</a> EP on Bndcmp free, and get the ltd. cassette for $5 bones more. On Tumblr <a href="http://thequietamericans.tumblr.com/">here</a>.</p> <p><img src="http://f.bandcamp.com/z/34/47/344731821-1.jpg" width="400"/></p> </blockquote>http://thequietamericans.tumblr.com/post/9675434794http://thequietamericans.tumblr.com/post/9675434794Thu, 01 Sep 2011 15:55:34 -0400<a href="http://sonicmasala.blogspot.com/2011/07/shining-wrays-on-some-quiet-yet.html">Thanks Sonic Masala for the write up!</a>http://thequietamericans.tumblr.com/post/8408174252http://thequietamericans.tumblr.com/post/8408174252Tue, 02 Aug 2011 21:19:03 -0400<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/5dlRRMEVwRA?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>What an amazing performance!</p>http://thequietamericans.tumblr.com/post/8408047419http://thequietamericans.tumblr.com/post/8408047419Tue, 02 Aug 2011 21:16:02 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lolz4bs3nK1qcvowqo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lolz4bs3nK1qcvowqo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lolz4bs3nK1qcvowqo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lolz4bs3nK1qcvowqo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lolz4bs3nK1qcvowqo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a href="http://edzombie.tumblr.com/post/7825829422">edzombie</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>*Robocop Anatomy</p> </blockquote>http://thequietamericans.tumblr.com/post/7882401661http://thequietamericans.tumblr.com/post/7882401661Thu, 21 Jul 2011 07:50:43 -0400<a href="http://citizendick.org/2011/07/20/citizen-dick-premiere-the-quiet-americans-be-alone/">Sweet review from Citizen Dick!</a>http://thequietamericans.tumblr.com/post/7845330787http://thequietamericans.tumblr.com/post/7845330787Wed, 20 Jul 2011 11:24:03 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmm32eKnlb1qgqr90o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>New art, thanks Dinobyte!</p>http://thequietamericans.tumblr.com/post/6410724362http://thequietamericans.tumblr.com/post/6410724362Sat, 11 Jun 2011 01:54:14 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lk4mc8Efx71qgi4njo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://thequietamericans.tumblr.com/post/5151291040http://thequietamericans.tumblr.com/post/5151291040Mon, 02 May 2011 22:59:02 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljyhzzFQ681qgqr90o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Medicine is out 4/23</p>http://thequietamericans.tumblr.com/post/4777513381http://thequietamericans.tumblr.com/post/4777513381Wed, 20 Apr 2011 11:07:11 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljv73c16pG1qgqr90o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>secret weapon: Princeton Reverb</p>http://thequietamericans.tumblr.com/post/4725825594http://thequietamericans.tumblr.com/post/4725825594Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:18:46 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljv6yuqEEI1qgqr90o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Pedalz!!!</p>http://thequietamericans.tumblr.com/post/4725759411http://thequietamericans.tumblr.com/post/4725759411Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:16:04 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljk4gcG6xu1qgqr90o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Jazzmaster guitar and Bandmaster amp, great combo! most of the bass tracks were done through this amp as well.</p>http://thequietamericans.tumblr.com/post/4560301255http://thequietamericans.tumblr.com/post/4560301255Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:48:12 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljjlvo0MrG1qgqr90o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Our new EP comes out next week on CoatTrack records! This series of photos will highlight some of the equipment we used to record it. First up, the lovely and temperamental, (but again, still lovely) Tascam 388 reel to reel 8 track tape recorder.</p>http://thequietamericans.tumblr.com/post/4553029021http://thequietamericans.tumblr.com/post/4553029021Tue, 12 Apr 2011 10:07:00 -0400