KINGS OF CONVENIENCE - Quiet Is The New Loud (2024 Repress) AUTECHRE The opener

The opener

The story behind the cover photo:The photo on the front cover was taken in the spring/summer of 1979 in front of the Advance Records store on South King Street in Dublin

but she never thought she would end up star-gazing on its veranda and noodling away on the same instruments used by her heroes

the uplifting Glass provides a song about youthful optimism complete with all the enthusiasm and uncertainty that accompany it

KINGS OF CONVENIENCE - Quiet Is The New Loud (2024 Repress) AUTECHRE The openerLP Black Vinyl Repress housed in a Gatefold Sleeve. Quiet Is the New Loud is the debut album by Norwegian duo Kings of Convenience. Originally released January 29, 2001. The album features the singles Winning a Battle, Losing the War and Toxic Girl. Emerging 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