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Quiet Company recorded "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" for the 2007 release of Peace on Earth: A Holiday Album. The album was made available for download directly from the web. All proceeds from sales went to the Toys for Tots charity.
In 2009, they released a new album called Everyone You Love Will Be Happy Soon produced by Charlie Vela, and Louie Lino, of Nada Surf fame.
In 2010, Quiet Company released Songs for Staying In, a 6 song EP, produced by Quiet Company and recorded by bass player Matt Parmenter in his apartment studio, Ice Cream Factory Studios.
In January 2011, Quiet Company were nominated for, and won, The 10th Annual Independent Music Awards under the Pop/Rock Song category for "It’s Better To Spend Money Like There’s No Tomorrow Than Spend Tonight Like There’s No Money".
In July of 2011, Quiet Company joined forces via an Artist Development deal with the controversial music-streaming service Grooveshark. Leveraging the strengths of the company to spearhead a progressive music marketing endeavor, the relationship aimed to provide a realistic strategy for artists in a rapidly changing industry.
As of January 2012, the band has had three promotional site takeovers on Grooveshark, grown from near-0 to over 23,000 listeners daily, and increased Facebook Likes from a little over 2,000 to well over 50,000. The band spent most of 2011 promoting their new album around Texas, in addition to scoring slots at CMJ and DeLuna Festival. Songs from the new album have peaked on popular blog-aggregator websites such as Hype Machine and We Are Hunted (#49 Most Hyped and #5 on Rock Charts, respectively), in addition to receiving attention on prestigious NPR and MTV websites and TV shows Last Call with Carson Daly. The first music video from the new album, "Fear and Fallacy, Sitting In a Tree" (dir. Justin Kirchoff), currently sits with well over 250,000 video views.
In 2012, Quiet Company and its members won several (10) awards for the Austin Chronicle's 30th Annual Austin Music Awards.
- The band was voted 2011-2012 Band of the Year, Best Indie Band, and Best Rock Band; Album of the Year for We Are All Where We Belong; and Song of the Year for "You, Me & the Boatman".
- Taylor Muse was voted Musician of the Year, Best Male Vocals, and Best Songwriter, and Jeff Weathers was voted Best Drums.
- Matt Parmenter was voted Best Producer for his work on We Are All Where We Belong.
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