Artist: Low
Album: I Could Live In Hope
Genre: Slowcore
Label: Vernon Yard
Low plays music for sub-basements. Most of the songs on this album sound as if they arise from somewhere deep below the floor and although they reach upwards, never are able to free themselves from the hole they’ve been trapped in. The percussion is sparse and minimalist, the guitar is gentle with barely a hint of hope, the bass is sub-terranean and the vocal harmonies endlessly haunt the soundscape. “I Could Live in Hope” (1994), their first album, makes me feel like I’m driving alone in the dark on a desert highway and dawn is barely peaking over the horizon. The endless space is silent with the sounds of Low……
Listen to Low in the dark (I’ll allow you one damn candle!), alone and in complete silence, or don’t listen to it all. It’ll demand from you to take its presence seriously, don’t bother if you’re not into that kind of thing. Throw any of the songs on replay and let yourself drift asleep & I’ve found this album to induce some of the most interesting dreams I’ve ever had. That alone is worth listening for. ~ Shlomo Sher
Wed, Dec 16, 2009
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