Close to the Silence was the debut album by the Nashville

Nashville, Tennessee

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, Tennessee

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-based band Llama

Llama (band)

Llama was an American alternative rock band from Nashville, Tennessee. Formed by high school friends Ben Brown, Neil Mason, Ben Morton, and Matthew Stewart, they were discovered while playing a concert in a local pizzeria...

. It was recorded in Nashville over a two-year period while the three original members of the band (Ben Morton, Neil Mason, and Ben Brown) were finishing high school. One song from the album, "Too Much Too Soon," (which features Béla Fleck

Béla Fleck

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) was included on the soundtrack to the 2002 film Swimfan

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. "Too Much Too Soon" also appeared in the 2002 film Van Wilder.

Track listing

1. "Back Where We Began" (Ben Morton, Kenny Greenberg, Matt Rollings) – 3:07
2. "Three White Cars (Morton) – 3:49
3. "Hero" (Morton, Greenberg, Rollings) – 4:05
4. "Too Much Too Soon" (Morton) – 3:37
5. "Close To The Silence" (Morton, Neil Mason) – 3:28
6. "All You Ever Wanted" (Morton, Greenberg, Rollings) – 4:12
7. "Fruit" (Morton, Greenberg, Rollings) – 3:22
8. "Chasing The Sun" (Morton, Mason, Greenberg, Rollings) – 4:07
9. "Another Round" (Morton) – 4:23
10. "Carry Me High" (Morton) – 3:27
11. "To Believe" (Morton) – 12:35 (Contains hidden track called "Space Love")

Credits

• Ben Brown – electric guitar
  Electric guitar
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• Neil Mason – drums
  Drum kit
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• Ben Morton – vocals, acoustic guitar
  Acoustic guitar
  An acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...