We were honored to have a little chat with one of our favorite new finds – The Quiet Science. They’ve been around for a few years and we feel very hurt that we’ve just discovered their musical goodness.
Oh and Bonfires…you just need to fall in love with that song. We digress – meet Nathan from The Quiet Science!
We are loving the new Quiet Science album – “The Rekindling of the Stars” – what’s the inspiration behind the album? What pulled you to want to create a worship project?
It was the perfect title for this album. There is so much meaning behind it. I see it two ways: 1) When you realize that there is a God who created all this and He loves and desires a relationship with you, you can’t help but see His hand and His beauty in the world around us. It makes the stars brighter. It’s like falling more in love with the artist through His art.
2) In another sense, I imagine that we are the stars and we have grown dim. As we grow closer to Him, we reflect His light and we shine all the brighter for the world to see.
Honestly, I feel like it may be what God was doing in me during that long process of working on this album. He brought me closer to Him and refined me. We just want others to have that same feeling when they listen to this album, that God is drawing them close.
We have always been asked to do worship shows on tour as an add on to our rock show. Honestly, we could have made more money doing them, but we always turned them down. We just didn’t feel called to it. I don’t think that every Christian musician is called to be a worship leader. I think it is a big responsibility. One summer, our church was looking for a band for summer camp and they tasked Daisy with finding one, but we knew that it would be very difficult with the budget they had. Eventually, we bit the bullet and did it ourselves, even though I fought it all the way. After that week of leading worship, I just felt like there was no going back. I thought, “Why would I want to do anything but this?”
Can you talk to us about the single “Bonfires”?
I came across “infinite beauty” in a book somewhere and just thought it was a great line for a song. It came together pretty easily. I love how the song is fun and big but also has these small, soft worshipful moments with the same lyrics. I am not sure you get all that in the radio edit.
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Quiet Science took a break to start a family. Would you say that parenthood has changed your writing style? Or your focus as a band?
No, not really. Our writing style has changed, definitely, but not because of parenthood. Honestly, being home for awhile and being heavily involved in our church changed it the most. We didn’t want to make an album that was really cool and experimental, but no one would be able to sing it. It really changed our focus, and many songs were eliminated because of it. We started writing songs for the people of God to sing, rather than ourselves.
What’s next for Quiet Science? Any tours or festivals?
We will definitely tour. We want to give people time with the album first so that the shows can be more worship centered. We don’t want to go play a show or give a performance. We want people to be able to worship with us.
If we are invited to play any festivals, we will be there.
Rapid Fire Questions!
Any albums that are on repeat right now?
I can’t speak for anyone else, but I’ve been listening to the new Jesus Culture album and Peter Gabriel’s album Melt.
What’s the last book you read?
I am currently reading “The James Code” by O.S. Hawkins and “Shadows of Self” by Brandon Sanderson. I tend to read two books at a time. One fiction and one nonfiction.
If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would you go?
I would go to New Zealand and tour all the Lord of the Rings film sites. I am a dork like that.
How can we get more info on Quiet Science?
Go to www.thequietscience.com. If you aren’t familiar with our older works, our first album is actually a free download right now. We also added chord charts for “The Rekindling..”, that’s something entirely new for us.
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