title: Surviving the Quiet
text: # Surviving the Quiet
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | AllMusic | |
  | The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
  | NME | |
  | Pitchfork Media | 7.0/10 |
  | The Times | 8/10 |
  
  Surviving the Quiet is the debut album by the British band Seafood, following 1998's singles compilation Messenger in the Camp. The album was released in 2000.
  
  ## Critical reception
  
  Kerrang! 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..." The Times deemed it a "crackling bolt of sonic electricity." The Independent 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 Seafood.
  
  * "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, guitars
  * Charles Macleod – Guitars
  * Kevin Hendrik – Bass, vocals
  * Caroline Banks – Drums, vocals
  * Melvin Duffy – Pedal steel guitar on "Dear Leap The Ride" and "Toggle"
  * Sarah Measures – Flute on "Folksong Crisis" and "fscII/The Quiet"
  * Leo – Cello on "Beware Design"
  