Quietchild

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Quietchild even has a motto for their work ethic, “creative limits are time limits,” so much so that this music duo from Madison, Wisconsin might as well be cited in the dictionary under workaholic, because the duo has a constant, unrepenting creative energy. The duo has even proclaimed, “we’re so creative it can be like a thorn in the foot.” The group consists of Cuyler Monahan, a material science engineering major at UWEC, and Galen Austin, a neuroscience and psychology double major at Lawrence University in Appleton. Both are multi-instrumentalists who began by messing around with musical instruments in middle school and continued to bond over music and sports into high school. Interestingly enough, the group’s name began as an ironic joke because of how often they would play music and to what amplitude.

Galen takes inspiration mainly from artists who are also producers like Pyrex and GUNBOI as well as from broad genres like trap and R&B. These diverse influences fuel his desire to not conform in neither composition nor production. The artists that influence Cuyler recently are Bad Bunny, Alex Rose, Rauw Alejandro. The duo states that these diverse influences allow them to have greater fluidity within their art and allow the outcome to be something different from their inspiration. Of making music Cuyler says his favorite part is humanity and emotional expression. Galen, in comparison, loves the act of organic creation and the dirty process of production and songwriting.

In the post-pandemic future, the duo hopes to break into the Eau Claire and Appleton music scenes as well as keeping old roots in Madison, where Galen has recorded before and where Quietchild also won best youth award for a demo ep from the Madison Area Music Association.

The duo has already written a plethora of songs including a full-length album titled Silhouette released last year and is now in the process of releasing a series of singles for the foreseeable future. Of these singles and of their discography, “Paranoia” and “Isabella” are the duo’s favorites. The former is a trap inspired collaboration with Swedish musician Hauhwii with a mind-numbing sedation to the vocals juxtaposed with spot on percussion. “Isabella”, by contrast, is like sunshine in a bottle with luscious synths, rich vocals, and tasteful, and flavorful reverb throughout. Interestingly enough, while those two songs might be their most recent, the duo states of their work, “we are always the most proud of unmade songs, cause it’s somewhere to go.” For a first listen Cuyler suggests their song Balcony, the second song off Silhouette, and to find them they say, “look for the two guys in pink on all platforms.”

For inquiries to Quietchild contact at: quietchildep@gmail.com as well as their Instagram and Facebook To listen to on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/ artist/2buAIMZSyzrycs6TtH6dNH