Quiet the Room

by Skullcrusher

Quiet the Room cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 14 October 2022
  • Label: Secretly Canadian
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 41:54
  • Community rating: 3.98/5 from 8 ratings

Artists on this release: Andrew Sarlo, noises, Camellia Hartman, Helen Ballentine, Odetta Hartman, Noah Weinman

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The debut album from Helen Ballentine, known as Skullcrusher, is an atmospheric and deeply introspective work that builds on the promise of her early EPs. Co-produced with Noah Weinman, the album weaves together delicate folk melodies with ambient textures, banjo, and ethereal piano, creating a sound that is both intimate and expansive. Lyrically, 'Quiet the Room' delves into childhood memories and complex family dynamics, exploring the fantasy and reality of the past.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk, atmospheric, forest, whispering, minimalist, female-vocals, dreamy, minimal, reverb-heavy, folk

Tracklist

  1. They Quiet the Room (3:33)
  2. Building a Swing (3:36)
  3. Whatever Fits Together (3:45)
  4. Whistle of the Dead (1:19)
  5. Lullaby in February (4:35)
  6. Pass Through Me (2:24)
  7. Could it be the way I look at everything? (0:37)
  8. Outside, playing (2:08)
  9. It's Like a Secret (3:26)
  10. Sticker (4:11)
  11. Window Somewhere (4:25)
  12. (secret instrumental) (1:19)
  13. Quiet the Room (3:24)
  14. You are my House (3:08)

Credits

  • Skullcrusher - primary artist
  • Silken Weinberg - creative director [creative direction], photography by
  • Miles Johnson - design
  • Andrew Sarlo - engineer, mixed by, producer, bells, synth, noises [barn monsters]
  • Nick Kinsey - engineer, drum [big drum], organ [organ percussion], noises [barn monsters]
  • Chris Muth - lacquer cut by
  • Heba Kadry - mastered by
  • Angela Ricciardi - photography by
  • Jeremy Reynoso - photography by
  • Helen Ballentine - producer, songwriter [songs by], vocals, guitar, piano, synth, vocals, piano, synth, noises [barn monsters], mixed by
  • Noah Weinman - producer, piano, organ [wurlitzer], synth, banjo, guitar, banjo, piano, synth, tambourine, guitar, banjo, synth, guitar, piano, noises [barn monsters], mixed by
  • Camellia Hartman - violin
  • Odetta Hartman - violin
  • Ariel Shafir - engineer

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