Quiet Prism by New Idea Society

Quiet Prism began to come to life in the period after touring for The World Is Bright and Lonely ended on the German Autobahn in an accident. Upon returning home Mike Law had five broken bones and a band in limbo. Founding member Stephen Brodsky had already left to again focus on his main band Cave In and all the momentum that had been building on the European tour with sold out shows was erased with the injuries. Around that time Mike had been able to acquire some keyboards and found himself still gravitating to the studio late nights after other sessions ended. Soon songs that started as experimentations like "Iradell" and "They Won't Find Us" began to emerge. Synth based and able to be played by just one hand since the other arm was healing Mike experimented with a Korg Polysix, Juno 106 and drums programed in Reason. Law:
"I remember at one point laying on the floor under the console in a lot of pain because one of my broken ribs had hit against something. I had a microphone in my hand running through a thing called an Effectron. For some reason I started clicking a piece of metal, a bracket or something against the steel frame underneath the Harrison console and it made this fantastic sound. That led to They Won't Find Us. Though it was frustrating some cool songs came out if the accident. The 2011 lineup of NIS came up with a great version of "They Won't Find Us" and and we played 'Twilight Dusk and Night" a few different ways. This is a cool EP, it's often my favorite NIS release."
The songs felt a bit separate from what the full band began to formulate for Somehow Disappearing so it was decided Quiet Prism would be a good stand alone release before the full length album came out.

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