Low: Classic or classic?

wait that didn't work, it's https://moppycouk.wixsite.com/fridayiminlow

Thanking you dr

nice podcast where al and mim talk about ‘things we lost in the fire’: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/life-of-the-record/id1487396757?i=1000517855626

and there is a ‘visual album’ of twlitf out tomorrow on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DHIXQ8ZBDA

both for its 20th anniversary

Spotify pushed their new single
https://open.spotify.com/album/1zi0lhW47mDcDe4cyncrcv?si=--58m7-aQMKjfgGSOAircA

lol

Mimi sounds different

feel like that actual album announcement should be pretty danged soon

goddamnit you had me. same font and everything

Been workin on that one all winter. Big world, generic one-word band name... https://t.co/JciPU4YZuL

— LOW (@lowtheband) June 1, 2021

It's too bad all that $$$$ they spent on Rogan meant they can't afford to hire people to clean up data errors like this.

? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8QiSZRX8dA

LET'S GO. low always mean business.

i can't wait to finally hear the electric guitar for the first time

hell yes

should I sign into YouTube and be the first to comment in the chat

ah i was unaware my bad

oh i definitely meant to say that in a different thread

anyway here's "days like these"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgAQmQl-C9k

album Hey What out 9 september

oh sorry it's HEY WHAT

White Horses
I Can Wait
All Night
Disappearing
Hey
Days Like These
There's a Comma After Still
Don't Walk Away
More
The Price You Pay (It Must Be Wearing off)

second half that's all ambient synth noodling is sublime

Is anybody else getting "this video is unavailable" for the Days Like These link?

probably a regional thing, i'm in australia

will be available in the rest of the world tomorrow

the more i listen to it the more i love it!

they really did play most/all of the album during the It's Friday I'm In Low sessions over the last year, looking at the titles - stoked to hear what the studio versions are going to be like.

(Don't Archive have a track called "Again" that ends with a long section where that was the only word that kept being repeated? Haven't heard it in a while, could be wrong)

Yeah I really like the second half - pushes them further in the ambient electronic direction, but lighter than the ambient moments on Double Negative. first half is a very different song, it's alright

i like how they're kinda doing a quiet/loud thing with their immense digital distortion now

i imagine the studio versions will be pretty different if "days like these" is any indication bc they're not even doing the double negative tour levels of walls of distortion in those streamed performances, let alone what they've managed in the studio

looking through tracklists for the friday i'm in low performances and they've at least played eight tracks from the album, and another five new ones that aren't on it (or were renamed etc.)

"days like these" demo here: https://clcaudioclub.bandcamp.com/track/days-like-these-demo-by-low

& apparently steve is no longer in the band, sounds like this record is just them as a duo?

according to alan, steve left before they made this album because he had "very understandable personal reasons" that meant he would no longer be able to tour

this track is awesome, and yes it's all about the multi stage ambient second half

I love "Days Like These," and I extra love that I totally hear how it could have been a left-field "hit" if they got rid of the distortion and gave it a peppy drum beat, but no, this is Low.

They are becoming quite fond of big choruses/hooks of late (see also "disarray")

is Cyrus officially the new bassist?

they don't seem to have announced an official new bassist yet, don't know if it's going to be cyrus or someone else

the shop i work at (LUNA in Indianapolis, IN) is doing an exclusive/ltd pressing of this (w/ Electric Fetus) if that's yr thing: https://shop.lunamusic.net/LOW-HEY-WHAT-LUNA-music-EXCLUSIVE-VINYL-LP-p/098787143553.htm

re: new bassist

https://pitchfork.com/news/low-announce-new-album-hey-what-and-2022-tour-share-new-song-listen/

"Sparhawk and Parker may work with other musicians in the future, according to a band representative."

not nearly as face-meltingly stunning as the double negative reveal but still really great. love that guitar tone obvs

shout out bj burton

I think I love "Days Like These". that distortion and then the like ambient bliss out. wooo

just occurred to me that they've never stuck with the same producer this long, I don't think? without actually looking this up I think Albini, Fridmann and Kramer all did two apiece?

Hope - Kramer
Long Division - Kramer
Transmission EP - Kramer & Albini (two songs each)

Curtain - Steve Fisk

Dead Pilot - self-produced

Secret Name - Albini
Things We Lost - Albini

Trust - Tchad Blake (or was it self-produced and he only mixed it?)

Great Destroyer - Fridmann
Drums & Guns - Fridmann

C'mon - self-produced w/ Matt Beckley

Invisible Way - Tweedy

Ones & Sixes- Burton
Double Negative - Burton
Hey What - Burton

lambchop and low album titles in conversation:

aw c'mon
c'mon
no you c'mon
hey what

next album will be a collab with Jon Wurster called, WAIT, WHUUUT?

Adore “days like these”. It feels like it weaves together some of the sonic ideas of the last two albums in a really satisfying way.

Agreed w/ the praise for the second half of the new track

the first half reminds me of how i felt upon first listening to The Great Destroyer when it came out

really wish they'd put out a live album of the double negative tour, the alternate live takes of those tracks are very cool

There's quite a few shows from that tour on archive.org.

just realised now that what "fly" has been reminding me of all this time is... u2's "moment of surrender"

same vocal hook

How do people rate this band and their releases, I'm curious. Essential for me are "Long Division" and "Double Negative"