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Quieter, slower, softer; that's the motto of Minnesota's Low. The Christmas EP, first released in 1999, saw this Mormon slowcore trio reinterpreting a number of seasonal standards and writing a few new ones in their own pared-down style; a first-time listener might assume it was the heritage of songs like "Little Drummer Boy" that lent Christmas its quiet power. They'd be wrong; Things We Lost In The Fire, Low's magnificent fifth album, is proof that while they may be shy of performing the grand gesture, a genuine sense of timelessness pervades every hushed moment. Ironically, Low's relationship with their producer--ce
Quieter, slower, softer; that's the motto of Minnesota's Low. The Christmas EP, first released in 1999, saw this Mormon slowcore trio reinterpreting a number of seasonal standards and writing a few new ones in their own pared-down style; a first-time listener might assume it was the heritage of songs like "Little Drummer Boy" that lent Christmas its quiet power. They'd be wrong; Things We Lost In The Fire, Low's magnificent fifth album, is proof that while they may be shy of performing the grand gesture, a genuine sense of timelessness pervades every hushed moment. Ironically, Low's relationship with their producer--celebrated noisenik Steve Albini--has done them a lot of favours. His bare-board style lends Things We Lost In The Fire a sense of beautiful desolation, bringing the harmonies of husband-and-wife Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker to the fore on "Medicine And Magazines" and "Whore". The tunes, when they come, are breathtaking in their simplicity; take "Dinosaur Act", where a power chord clangs--and then echoes, immeasurably, over a whisper of Wurlitzer organ and the delicate tap of a snare drum. It's the perfect example of strong words softly spoken. Low may have shunned the attention-seeking clutter of the modern pop song, but the earth will do well to inherit the meek. --Louis Pattison
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Manufacturer: Tugboat
Release date: 12 February 2001
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 5018615432722
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