Close to the Silence was the debut album by the Nashville, Tennessee-based band Llama. 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) was included on the soundtrack to the 2002 film Swimfan. "Too Much Too Soon" also appeared in the 2002 film Van Wilder.