Best of Low's albums
A bit quicker paced than most of Lows work and in my opinion the best music they have made.
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Has some of Low's best songs
The Curtain Hits the Cast is still their best album top to bottom (get on that, eMusic) but this one has some awesome songs that they often play in concert. Sunflower is brilliant (and atypically uptempo), July, Like a Forest and In Metal slow and somber. And Dinosaur Act, as an English soccer writer would say, shimmers with menace.
try it, you will love it
understated brilliance
My favorite Low album
I know i'm old fashioned, but i love this cd. The inclusion of strings, their fixation on their newborn baby, a weird tingle of menace through the whole thing. How can Mormons sound so cryptic and beautiful? I saw them with Danielson familie and asked Daniel Smith if it was "so crazy" being on tour with them. He said, No, they're not much different from me.
Shimmeringly beautiful, elegaic meditations
This album is an understated masterpiece. The lyrical imagery is haunting and evocative, for example, 'In Metal" is about confronting the fear a mother faces when sending her child off into the world, and wishing that she could wrap her up in a suit of armor. A beautiful, slightly creepy metaphor that captures the sentiment perfectly. The music itself is lovely, slow-moving, and certainly on the sad side of thing. Slowcore is a statement of protest against the frenetic pace of the world, a throw-back 500 years to the days of polyphany, but updated here though Steve Albini's production and subtle touches like the organ on "Dinosaur Act."
Low Live
I saw Low on their tour for this album, and it was one of the more powerful live experiences I've had. The show was at a notoriously loud club, but everyone was so quiet for this music, it almost felt like a chamber music performance in a classical hall. Their voices were so incredible, and didn't need much amplification which made it all the more intimate. I also really got the impression that Alan could rip it up on the guitar if he wanted to, he just chose to play the fewest notes necessary with just the right tone. "Like a Forest" from this album was particulary memorable... I think noone made a sound for a full minute when they ended, when you could finally hear everyone start breathing again. A wonderful album, a wonderful show, and a wonderful memory.
low gets me high
I've been listening to Low for a couple years now. My introduction to them was "I Could Live In Hope" which is brilliant. They are currently my favorite band working. This album is, if not my favorite, at least the one I listen to most often. The sweetness of the pop gem "Sunflowers" cannot be described. Every track is solid. It is slightly more accessable than their first album, if you've never heard them before. This is a great place to start your Low experience. Let the music sink in, as it will if you give it time, and you will find yourself returning to their sparse, yet lush, landscape again and again. If you want music to lounge on your porch and drink lemonade to while being deeply introspective, you can't do better than Low.
Best Low album ever?
I can't think of a better album from the band, one that perfectly captures Low's sound. Their newest album, 'The Great Destroyer' is really good too, but I think that's the band moving in a new direction. "Things we Lost in the Fire" sounds like the band perfecting the songs they've been writing up to this point, and executing them beautifully. 'MedicineMagazines', 'July', 'Laser Beam', and 'Like a Forest' are all standout tracks.
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