1988 saw Lay Quiet Awhile's addition of front person Danielle Howle on vocals, guitar and songwriting. Together with drummer Troy Tague, who joined in 1987, they released a six-song cassette titled “The Other Eggs Are Waking Up”. With Danielle Howle joining the band that distinctive Lay Quiet Awhile sound came into full focus. But how exactly

1988 saw Lay Quiet Awhile's addition of front person Danielle Howle on vocals, guitar and songwriting. Together with drummer Troy Tague, who joined in 1987, they released a six-song cassette titled “The Other Eggs Are Waking Up”. With Danielle Howle joining the band that distinctive Lay Quiet Awhile sound came into full focus. But how exactly would one categorize that sound? Critics have described it as "eccentric buzz-mania" and "a blending of folk and punk without the sudden gearshifts that one might expect". The band described themselves as "melodic thrash folk metal.”

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