ARTIST: Low
TITLE: Drums And Guns
LABEL: Subpop
GENRE: Indie
TIME: 41:29 min
SIZE: 59,6 MB
RIP DATE: Feb-10-2007
RELEASE DATE: Mar-20-2007
WEBSITE: n/a
Track List:
01. Pretty People 03:01
02. Belarus 03:18
03. Breaker 02:53
04. Dragonfly 03:45
05. Sandinista 02:23
06. Always Fade 03:58
07. Dust On The Window 04:12
08. Hatchet 02:19
09. Your Poison 01:14
10. Take Your Time 04:18
11. In Silence 02:47
12. Murderer 03:43
13. Violent Past 03:38
Release Notes:
Formed in 1993, Low is from Duluth, Minnesota, and
features Alan Sparhawk on vocals and guitar, Mimi
Parker on vocals and drums, and Matt Livingston on
bass and vocals. Sparhawk and Parker are married
with two children; they first met in fourth grade in
rural Minnesota. Drums and Guns is the band's eighth
full-length album and second for Sub Pop. It's also,
after 2005's The Great Destroyer, the second album
they've recorded with producer Dave Fridmann. Drums
and Guns features a number of songs that ardent Low
fans will recognize from the band's recent live
shows. These songs appear here in substantially
altered forms, as though they've been taken apart
and reassembled in striking new ways, or seen with
new eyes. Or, given the lyrical emphasis on murder
and death, a more insightful interpretation might
see the band killing these songs and bringing them
back to life anew. There's no contrivance here,
however. While these songs feature new elements
(looped vocals, drum machines, etc.) and are
thoroughly, radiantly contemporary, they remain
undeniably Low's. Drums and Guns possesses the
unique, subtle beauty and power we've come to expect
from Low, but the record is also profoundly exciting
in ways that it's easy to forget music can be.