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Low-"The Invisible Way"
As it has been already posted to this board by Bytor Peltor and _tunic, Low will be releasing their new full-length album, titled "The Invisible Way", via Sub Pop, on March 19th, 2013. Tickets for live dates in Europe are on sale now, and they have provided a free digital EP as well, "Low-Plays Nice Places" (320 kbps .MP3s), documenting their more recent tour as openers of (ugh) Death Cab for Cutie, including among others, a new song which will end up in the new album: "Waiting".
Some words about "The Invisible Way", by Alan Sparhawk: “While driving through Chicago, on tour, we stopped finally to visit Wilco at their studio, The Loft. They had invited us to come check it out several times over the years, but this would finally be the day. It’s a great place—a sea of instruments in a relaxed, open working environment. It’s cool, but what really converted us was hearing the new Mavis Staples tracks they were working on: big, simple, raw, and intimate. Plans were made then and there. ’Don’t break my Grammy streak.’ We have worked with many of the great engineer/producers. Jeff Tweedy has been on our side of the microphone for over 25 years, however with engineer (and fellow Grammy winner) Tom Schick, he has of late become a formidable and eclectic producer. He spoke a language we understood, but then took us effortlessly into the mystery. We’ve made many records, and you know our M.O.: slow, quiet, sometimes melancholy, and, we hope, sometimes pretty… How is this different from any other Low record? - Mimi sings lead on five of the eleven songs (she usually only does one or two, despite being a fan favorite). - Piano, lots of piano… and an acoustic guitar. - Songs about intimacy, the drug war, the class war, plain old war war, archaeology, and love. Thank you for your time again and please enjoy what we made. I think it’s beautiful." —Alan Sparhawk from Low "Low-Plays Nice Places" can be downloaded from here: http://www.subpop.com/artists/low Low have dragged me back to facemook, to check out the pics they have been constantly posting of how things have been going in the studio: https://www.facebook.com/lowmusic More info here: http://chairkickers.com/2013-european-tour/  |
Yes! Same here. I've always loved Mimi's songs and have had similar yearnings. It seems such prospects or wishes won't ever materialize, so this is awesome news. Many of her songs are very simple, but they are so powerful somehow ("Weight Of Water", "Blue Christmas", and "In Metal" for instance, just really crush me).
Judging by posts on some other places, some Low fans are kind of wary of the band's choice of Jeff Tweedy as producer, but knowing his recent work with Mavis Staples, which I appreciate a great deal (also keep in mind that Alan Sparhawk is a massive Mavis Staples fan), I can see how this might be fitting and can sort of understand Low taking this decision in light of their hypothetical approach to "The Invisible Way". I am expecting greatness from this album. Sub Pop have posted an awfully short trailer for "The Invisible Way" to youtube, by the way: http://youtu.be/2swv0SQI_C4 |
Genuinely excited. I am quite out of the loop these days, and did not know about this until yesterday.
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I miss the days when you were in the loop, Severian. Your every word meant a trip to the record shop the next day.
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Low have some longevity now (they started in 1993), and I think they have proved their decisions have worked very well in regards to that aspect, so being wary of Jeff Tweedy working with them now, to me just seems pointless. I wouldn't waste any energies on that.
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Speaking of Low, I was Just listening to Christmas the other day for the first time in quite a while, and that album genuinely kicks ass. Their little drummer boy puts the Lips version to absolute shame.
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Kickstarter project to fund the recording of Snöbarn's debut album (Snöbarn is an electrified folk band from Duluth, MN., consisting of Gaelynn Lea [of The Murder Of Crows], Ariane Marene Norrgard, Chad Erlemeier, Bryan Johnson, and Eric Bong):
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...-make-an-album The album is being recorded at Sacred Heart Music Studios, by Alan Sparhawk and Eric Swanson. Snöbarn's official website: http://snobarn.weebly.com/ |
Retribution Gospel Choir's latest newsletter:
New Album "3" and New Tour Dates Q: How do you follow-up a four-song 7”? A: With a two-song full-length. One song per side, this radio-format-challenged record will come out January 22, 2013 on Chaperone Records. Side A “Can’t Walk Out” is the crown jewel of recent RGC live shows with it’s repetitive, building, almost free, freakout - so far, probably the most accurate recording of what the band brings to the stage. Side B “Seven” sees the more sprawling side of the band - haunting, epic, and enhanced throughout by guest guitarist Nels Cline. These songs were tracked live, playing together in the same room, one take each. A friend of mine used to play Frank Zappa’s “Uncle Meat” at 16 rpm all the time. How do you recover from that? You don’t. stay warm - Alan Sparhawk Retribution Gospel Choir will be on the road in February in support of this new release. Information regarding all tour dates is available here. December 20 - Turf Club - St. Paul, MN - Buy Tickets February 9 - Schuba's Tavern - Chicago, IL - Buy Tickets *February 12 - Knitting Factory - Brooklyn, NY - Buy Tickets February 13 - BAR - New Haven, CT - Free Show February 14 - DC9 - Washington, DC - Buy Tickets February 15 - Beachland Tavern - Cleveland, OH - Buy Tickets February 16 - Cactus Club - Milwaukee, WI - Buy Tickets *co-bill with Nels Cline's BB&C, Nightlands (War on Drugs' Dave Hartley) opens. © Retribution Gospel Choir |
Track-list for Low's "The Invisible Way", judging by the leaked copy which has started to circulate (way to fuck it up once again, Sub Pop):
*Plastic Cup *Amethyst *So Blue *Holy Ghost *Waiting *Clarence White *Four Score *Just Make It Stop *Mother *On My Own *To Our Knees |
Retribution Gospel Choir's new record, "3", will be released on January 22, through Chaperone Records, according to official word by the band on twitter. A couple live dates have been announced, and a track from the album, "Seven" (featuring Nels Cline), can be streamed via Soundcloud:
http://retributiongospelchoir.com/ |
Low's latest newsletter:
Dear Friends, Happy New Year. We're excited to share with you two tracks off the forthcoming The Invisible Way coming on March 19th in the US and March 18th ex-US on Sub Pop Records: "Just Make It Stop" can be streamed and downloaded on www.chairkickers.comwhere you'll also find the full track listing and album art. "Plastic Cup" can be streamed on NPR Music. We also have our first North American dates for 2013 to announce: Fri Jan 18 - The College of St. Scholastica - Duluth, MN - Buy Tickets Sat Mar 16 - The Great Hall - Toronto, ON - On Sale: 1/11 12:00 pm ET - Buy Tickets Wed Mar 20 - Society for Ethical Culture - New York, NY* - On Sale: 1/11 10:00 am ET - Buy Tickets Fri Mar 22- Metro - Chicago, IL+ - On Sale: 1/11 12:00 pm CT - Buy Tickets Sat Mar 23- Fitzgerald Theatre - St. Paul, MNx- On Sale: 1/11 12:00 pm CT - Buy Tickets Fri Mar 29 - Larimer Lounge - Denver, CO - On Sale: 1/9 10:00 am MT - Buy Tickets Sat Mar 30 - Velour - Provo, UT - On Sale: 1/9 10:00 am ET - Buy Tickets Tue Apr 2- Troubadour - Los Angeles, CA - On Sale: 1/11 1:00 pm PT - Buy Tickets Wed Apr 3 - Great American Music Hall - San Francisco, CA - On Sale: 1/13 10:00 am PT - Buy Tickets Fri Apr 5 - Mississippi Studios - Portland, OR - On Sale: 1/9 7:00 am PT - Buy Tickets Sat Apr 6- The Crocodile - Seattle, WA - On Sale: 1/9 10:00 am PT - Buy Tickets *The Wordless Music Series, ACME String Quartet opens +WXRT presents, Geoff Farina opens xThe Current Presents An evening with Low, featuring members of Trampled by Turtles + an interview with Mark Wheat This joins our previously announced European tour: Wed Apr 24, 2013 - Glee Club - Birmingham, UK - Buy Tickets Thurs Apr 25, 2013 - Central Methodist Hall - Manchester, UK - Buy Tickets Fri Apr 26, 2013 - The Sage Gateshead - Gateshead, UK - Buy Tickets Sat Apr 27, 2013 - Classic Grand - Glasgow, UK - Buy Tickets Mon Apr 29, 2013 - Trinity - Bristol, UK - Buy Tickets Tue Apr 30, 2013 - Barbican - London, UK - Buy Tickets Thurs May 2, 2013 - Loppen - Copenhagen, DK - Buy Tickets Fri May 3, 2013 - Debaser - Stockholm, SE - Buy Tickets Sat May 4, 2013 - Bla - Oslo, NO - Buy Tickets Tue May 7, 2013 - La Maroquinerie - Paris, FR - Buy Tickets Wed May 8, 2013 - Botanique - Brussels, BE - Buy Tickets Thurs May 9, 2013 - Paradiso De Duif - Amsterdam, NL - Buy Tickets Fri May 10, 2013 - Zoom - Frankfurt, DE - Buy Tickets Sat May 11, 2013 - Teatro Antoniano - Bologna, IT - Buy Tickets Mon May 13, 2013 - Casino de la Alianca - Barcelona, ES - Buy Tickets Tue May 14, 2013 - Teatro La Rambleta - Valencia, ES - Buy Tickets Wed May 15, 2013 - Teatro de las Esquina - Zaragoza, ES - Buy Tickets Thurs May 16, 2013 - Joy Eslara - Madrid, ES - Buy Tickets Fri May 17, 2013 - Lava - Valladolid, ES - Buy Tickets Sat May 18, 2013 - Atabal - Biarritz, FR - Buy Tickets Help us spread the word about the new record by posting the new tracks to Facebook/Twitter. Speaking of Twitter, Alan is tweeting these days, you can follow him and Low at @lowtheband. We'll check back soon about pre-order details. Enjoy your Wednesday. Low HQ  Artwork by Ryan Lemahieu. Low's bigcartel store. Nothing there at the moment, but I suppose that's gonna be the place to order the new album from: http://lowtheband.bigcartel.com/ |
Hopefully some kind folks will be able to record those US dates, there's some very nice collaborations taking place there with Trampled By Turtles and the Acme String Quartet
They will not only open, but also join Low on stage. Here's a youtube clip of TBT, Alan joins in on the last two songs, one of the m is When I Go Deaf and a short interview before that. The new RGC3 album can be ordered at http://chaperonerecords.com/artists/...-gospel-choir/ (click to the Shop). But the site isn't working well for people not linving in the USA. Hopefully that will be fixed soon. Love that new track a lot. Reminds me of Lee's solo album. Can't wait to hear the other track. Please don't hit me if I'm wrong, but I googled for latest news on RGC, and one of the results was this. Which might indicate that they will be visiting Mexico soon. Oh yeah, Low's album has leaked already (Please don't post links, you should be albe to find it if you want it). It's very good, and very accoustic too |
The posters for the Retribution Gospel Choir tour are pretty cool:
 I hope there will be huge amounts of documentation of these tours by Low (and related projects) both in America and Europe, too. Judging by nyctaper's schedule, there's a huge possibility they will provide a Retribution Gospel Choir live recording when the band hits New York City soon. I tried ordering the new album from Chaperone Records just a few minutes ago, but as you say, international orders can't be placed at the moment. I gave them a shout to ask if they can sort us out, and will be eagerly awaiting an answer. I loved the track they uploaded to Soundcloud, and yeah, it would be very special for me to see either Retribution Gospel Choir or Low playing live, but I'm just thinking after seeing your link, that ticketmaster is a cluttered mess. I would make a happy dance if someone who knows for sure would confirm, though. I would never dare to even try to hit you, either... Not many shows for me these days. I'll be seeing Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog next week (I bet it won't be sold out), and then Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds in February, and that's it. Yeah, I realized "The Invisible Way" got leaked on Christmas, and I downloaded it but only dared to listen to a couple songs. Was already familiar with those they had been playing in recent shows, too, and then heard "Just Make It Stop", which Sub Pop posted to Soundcloud. Other than that, I decided I'll judge the record when I listen to it the way it should be done, which doesn't have anything to do with lossy files on computer's speakers. I really like what I've heard so far, that's for sure. |
I want that poster! Chaperone does offer international shipping, got a reply to my mail:
All you need to do is select "international shipping" and enter your complete address in the "address" box. For city/state, just enter anything. It matters not. |
Ah, great! I fucked it when trying to order, but that won't happen again. Gonna have to wait a long week to order this, though. Just spent a lot of money on records (Bought a 5 CD boxset of Peter Brötzmann, "White Cable, Black Wires" by John Edwards & Okkyung Lee, and some other stuff)...
Thanks, _tunic_! |
For some reason I thought this was available for order already. Anyway, looking forward to seeing Retribution Gospel Choir.
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_tunic_, here's a pic of Steve with one of the posters:
https://twitter.com/retgospelchoir/s...245888/photo/1 |
LaserDream's video for Low's "Witches" (from the "Plays Nice Places" EP):
http://vimeo.com/57825381 |
Retribution Gospel Choir's "3" can be streamed on Chaperone Records' Soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/chaperonerecords/sets/rgc The album has been officially released today. |
They only play in nice places...
Sorry for the bad joke. I do hope you get to see them soon. Options of them playing here (either Low or Retribution Gospel Choir) are non-existent, I consider that a fact. |
An FM recording of Low at North House Folk School, in Grand Marais, MN, on September 13, 2012, uploaded just a few days ago:
http://archive.org/details/low2012-09-13.fm.flac16 |
Low's latest newsletter:
Friends, You can now pre-order The Invisible Way through Sub Pop, iTunes, and Amazon. When you preorder via Sub Pop you’ll get two special features: a) you will get a code to stream the album in it’s entirety on subpop.com, and b) you will receive a special bonus CD, The Visible End, featuring three demos of tracks off the new album and an instrumental variation on “Clarence White”: 1. So Blue (So Young) 2. Clarence White (demo) 3. Holy Ghost (demo) 4. Clarence What? We’ve also been busy in the A/V room and have put together another trailer for the album here, Below are a full list of tour dates, and you can get more information about each show at www.chairkickers.com. Sat Mar 16 - The Great Hall - Toronto, ON+ - Buy Tickets Wed Mar 20 - Society for Ethical Culture - New York, NY* - Buy Tickets Fri Mar 22- Metro - Chicago, IL+ - Buy Tickets Sat Mar 23- Fitzgerald Theatre - St. Paul, MN^ -Buy Tickets Fri Mar 29 - Larimer Lounge - Denver, CO% - Buy Tickets Sat Mar 30 - Velour - Provo, UT% - Buy Tickets Tue Apr 2 - Troubadour - Los Angeles, CA% - Buy Tickets Wed Apr 3 - Great American Music Hall - San Francisco, CA% - Buy Tickets Fri Apr 5 - Mississippi Studios - Portland, OR% - Buy Tickets Sat Apr 6 - The Crocodile - Seattle, WA% - Buy Tickets Wed Apr 24, 2013 - Glee Club - Birmingham, UK& - Buy Tickets Thurs Apr 25, 2013 - Central Methodist Hall - Manchester, UK& - Buy Tickets Fri Apr 26, 2013 - The Sage Gateshead - Gateshead, UK& - Buy Tickets Sat Apr 27, 2013 - Classic Grand - Glasgow, UK& - Buy Tickets Mon Apr 29, 2013 - Trinity - Bristol, UK& - Buy Tickets Tue Apr 30, 2013 - Barbican - London, UK& - Buy Tickets Thurs May 2, 2013 - Loppen - Copenhagen, DK - Buy Tickets Fri May 3, 2013 - Debaser - Stockholm, SE - Buy Tickets Sat May 4, 2013 - Bla - Oslo, NO - Buy Tickets Tue May 7, 2013 - La Maroquinerie - Paris, FR - Buy Tickets Wed May 8, 2013 - Botanique - Brussels, BE - Buy Tickets Thurs May 9, 2013 - Paradiso De Duif - Amsterdam, NL - Buy Tickets Fri May 10, 2013 - Zoom - Frankfurt, DE - Buy Tickets Sat May 11, 2013 - Teatro Antoniano - Bologna, IT - Buy Tickets Mon May 13, 2013 - Casino de la Alianca - Barcelona, ES - Buy Tickets Tue May 14, 2013 - Teatro La Rambleta - Valencia, ES - Buy Tickets Wed May 15, 2013 - Teatro de las Esquina - Zaragoza, ES - Buy Tickets Thurs May 16, 2013 - Joy Eslara - Madrid, ES - Buy Tickets Fri May 17, 2013 - Lava - Valladolid, ES - Buy Tickets Sat May 18, 2013 - Atabal - Biarritz, FR - Buy Tickets +Autumn Owls open *The Wordless Music Series, ACME String Quartet opens +WXRT presents, Geoff Farina opens ^The Current Presents An evening with Low, featuring members of Trampled by Turtles + an interview with Mark Wheat %Thalia Zedek opens &HEBRONIX opens (Daniel Blumberg from YUCK) "Just Make It Stop" is now available for free download here - forward this along to some friends. Don't forget that Alan is tweeting these days, you can follow him and Low at @lowtheband. Enjoy your Wednesday. Low HQ |
I got tangled up up in the excitement of the new My Bloody Valentine, and I went on a new music listening kick. It included listening to this album. In full, this time. So, yeah it's a really fucking good album. I prefer it to C'mon.
I know we're not friends, exactly, Bebop junkie, but I find your affection for this band to be honorable and oddly touching for some reason. I feel terrible about it listening to the album. I need to chill the fuck out. Seriously. |
Alan Sparhawk interviewd by Stereogum:
http://stereogum.com/1255121/lows-al...der/interview/ |
very good interview, kthx.
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Apparently, a new compilation CD by Beaner's Central Concert Coffehouse, due to be released at the end of this month, will include an unreleased track by The Murder Of Crows (Gaelynn Lea & Alan Sparhwak), titled "Grace And A Tender Hand".
http://www.beanerscentral.com/cd.htm |
RETRIBUTION GOSPEL CHOIR - 2013-02-14 - Washington D.C. (featuring Alan Sparhawk and Steve Garrington of LOW)
Uploaded by ZaPenguin Alan Sparhawk, Eric Pollard, and Steve Garrington, with special guest Brendan Canty playing guitar on "Seven". Nels Cline joined them a few days ago when they performed in New York City. That one was taped by nyctaper, and I'm hoping the recording will be posted soon. |
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it's a matrix! http://www.nyctaper.com/2013/02/retr...cmp3streaming/ and someone will post some vids on youtube of the Washington show soon |
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"American Buffalo Volume 2", a compilation by Noiseland Industries in LP format, available free of charge at participating Minnesota record stores on Record Store Day (April 20th), will include a track by The Murder Of Crows, "Bird Song", their first one ever to get a vinyl release.
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Retribution Gospel Choir in DC on February 14th, 2013, performing "Seven", with special guest Brendan Canty on guitar:
http://youtu.be/p5WeuW09jzE |
Low's latest newsletter:
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Home / Programs / Local Shows / The PlayList / Videos / Season 3 Episode 18 - Low
Season 3 Episode 18 - Low Video Summary Low benefit concert for Life House on The PlayList. The band includes lead vocalist, songwriter and guitar front-man, Alan Sparhawk; Mimi Parker lends her talents on drums and vocals; and Steve Garrington adds rhythmic bass guitar and keyboard. Low’s music is often referred to as “slowcore,” a subgroup of the more widely known rock music genre. While the group isn’t a fan of that label, they were one of the first bands to adopt and popularize this music style. Discover the band’s roots, minimalistic approach to music and the personal stories of these talented musicians in this special episode of The PlayList. This past fall, Low and Charlie Parr joined forces to raise funds, and awareness for homeless youth of the Duluth area. These two powerful forces offered a night of music in support of Life House, a local program that assists youth in escaping poverty, homelessness, and abuse. All proceeds from the concert directly benefited the lives of at risk/homeless youth through Life House’s “Adopt-A-Kid” Program. |
hmm, that was old news right? Got oit from their twitter.
This is a new vid though: LOW - Especially me - RFH - London 3rd April |
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The whole show was recorded, there have been rumors that it might be possible for it to be officially released eventually. I do hope so! |
Low will be performing a live in studio session at KEXP in Seattle, on Saturday, April 6th, 2013, at 4:00 PM, PT.
Facemook event, if someone needs to remind themselves to tune in: https://www.facebook.com/events/121126538067497/ |
Copied from the mailing list. This explains why Al tweeded about a cinema in Berlin...
Alan & Mimi Italian showcase Last monday they came in Italy for a secret radio show. Someone has published 4 videos of that gig. Here they are: Plastic cup: http://youtu.be/ID3XkHznuvE Waiting: http://youtu.be/4-dnxHHOXFw Mother: http://youtu.be/8H_2Ln5vwPk Murderer: http://youtu.be/r9gzvUMIJ5g Enjoy |
Alan & Mimi interviewed by Nothing But Hope and Passion music magazine:
http://nbhap.com/25961/interview-low/ |
Here's a Low official tumblr, compiling plenty of "So Blue" themed fan submissions:
http://lowsoblue.tumblr.com/ Snöbarn has a new blog, details of the recording process and the latest news are likely to appear there: http://snobarn.weebly.com/1/post/201...torganism.html I've received an e-mail by UPS containing a tracking number, which means Sub Pop has sent out my package and I should have my copy of the new record soon (plus a t-shirt, CD, and signed poster)! :) |
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