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Low built a whole career out of restraint. Founded in Duluth, Minnesota, in the early nineties by the married couple Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker, they made slow, hushed songs full of close harmonies and empty space, a sound so quiet it practically dared audiences to talk over it — most didn't. Over the years they kept finding new shapes for that stillness, from the warm drone of their early records to the fractured, heavily processed textures of Double Negative in 2018, before Parker's death in 2022 brought the band's story to a sudden close.
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Things We Lost in the Fire (2001). It's the album where their slow-burning sound opened up into full, melodic songwriting, with the crackling single "Dinosaur Act," the lovely "Sunflower," and the stark, pulsing "Laser Beam" all in one place.
Biography
Low was an American indie rock band from Duluth, Minnesota, formed in 1993 by the husband and wife duo of Alan Sparhawk (guitar and vocals) and Mimi Parker (drums and vocals).
The band was a trio from their formation to 2020, having featured four different bassists. Their early music was pioneering in the slowcore genre, usually featuring quiet harmony vocals, a melancholy mood, and very slow tempos compared to other styles of rock and roll. However, Low's sound gradually developed over time to touch on other influences.
Low disbanded in 2022 following Parker's death.
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Studio albums
Discography
Official studio albums and EPs.
- 2021HEY WHATAlbum
- 2018Double NegativeAlbum
- 2016Not a Word / I Won't Let You FallEP
- 2015Ones and SixesAlbum
- 2013The Invisible WayAlbum
- 2011C'mon AcousticEP
- 2011C’monAlbum
- 2010Live at EindhovenEP
- 2007Drums and GunsAlbum
- 2005The Great DestroyerAlbum
- 2003MurdererEP
- 2002TrustAlbum
- 2001In the FishtankEP
- 2001k. / LowEP
- 2001Things We Lost in the FireAlbum
- 2000Bombscare EPEP
- 2000Travels in Constants, Volume Nine: The Exit PapersEP
- 1999ChristmasAlbum
- 1999Secret NameAlbum
- 1997Songs for a Dead PilotEP
- 1996Transmission EPEP
- 1996The Curtain Hits the CastAlbum
- 1996Finally...EP
- 1995Long DivisionAlbum
- 1994I Could Live in HopeAlbum
- 1994LowEP
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