Everything about LOW, the band has been written, so I wont try to get into how much their music has affected the way I listen to such sparse music (don’t call it slowcore), or just how incredible brush sticks can sound on a floor tom. I dug up my old copy of ‘The Curtain Hits the Cast,’ and it took me back to the first time I saw them perform at an in-store show at 33 Degrees in Austin. Drums and Guns is the lastest release from the Duluth, Minnesota trio and they went back to their lonely, holy roots.
Mitt Romney ain’t got nothin’ on these Mormons.
Alan Sparhawk (vocals+guitar) and Mimi Parker (vocals+drums) provide impeccable harmonies that are sooooo punk rock in that really slow, drone-y kind of way, and Matt Livingston, who replaced Zack Sally, who replaced John Nichols is their bassist. The fact that Alan and Mimi met in the 4th grade and are now married also warms the cockles of my little, black heart.
This is my favorite track off of the new album. Enjoy.
Breaker – LOW
Our bodies break
And the blood just spills and spills
But here we sit debating math
It’s just a shame
My hand just kills and kills
There’s gotta be an end to that
There’s gotta be an end to that
