Low (band)

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Low
Low onstage
Low in 2013
Background information
OriginDuluth, Minnesota, U.S.
Genres
Years active1993–2022
Labels
Past members
  • Alan Sparhawk
  • Mimi Parker
  • John Nichols
  • Zak Sally
  • Matt Livingston
  • Steve Garrington
  • Liz Draper
Websitewww.chairkickers.com

Low was an American indie rock band from Duluth, Minnesota, formed in 1993 by Alan Sparhawk (guitar and vocals) and Mimi Parker (drums and vocals). The band was a trio from 1993 to 2020, having featured four different bassists. Low disbanded following the death of Parker in 2022.

The music of Low was characterized by slow

minimalist arrangements. Early descriptions sometimes referred to the band's style as a rock subgenre called "slowcore", and Low were often compared to the band Bedhead, who played this style during the early 1990s. However, Low's members ultimately disapproved of the term.[1][2]

Parker and Sparhawk's

vocal harmonies represented perhaps the group's most distinctive element; critic Denise Sullivan writes that their shared vocals are "as chilling as anything Gram [Parsons] and Emmylou [Harris] ever conspired on—though that's not to say it's country-tinged, just straight from the heart."[3]
Low's style grew experimental over time, gradually incorporating elements of electronica and glitch on later releases, while retaining their minimalist approach.

History

Low at Duluth's Electric Fetus

The band formed in early 1993. Sparhawk had been playing in the Superior, Wisconsin, band Zen Identity,[4] the core of which was formed by drummer Robb Berry and vocalist Bill Walton. That band needed a new bassist, and recruited future Low bassist John Nichols. At that time, Nichols was a senior at Superior Senior High School, and bassist in the band Lorenzo's Tractor. Sparhawk taught Zen Identity songs to Nichols and during practices, the two started improvising with some very modest, quiet themes. As a joke, they wondered what would happen if they played such quiet music in front of Duluth, Minnesota, crowds, during a time when the most popular style of rock music was the loud, grunge, "post-punk" sound. Soon, the joke became a serious thought. Sparhawk left Zen Identity, who continued to perform and record without him, and he and Nichols recruited Sparhawk's wife Mimi Parker to play a very modest drum kit composed of a single snare drum, single cymbal, and a single floor tom.[5] She was to use brushes almost exclusively, rather than drum sticks. Sparhawk said they played their first two shows in 1993 at the RecyclaBell in Duluth.

Low's debut album,

college radio.[7]

By the time of their next full-length album, 1999's Secret Name, Low had moved to the independent label

Allmusic called the six-song disc "some of the best material either unit has produced."[8] Of particular note is the disc's lengthy cover of Neil Young
's "Down by the River". 2001 saw the release of Things We Lost in the Fire.

The following year saw the release of the band's final full-length on Kranky, Trust. All three of the band's full-length releases on Kranky featured superstar

producers: Secret Name and Things We Lost in the Fire feature the work of recording engineer Steve Albini, who proved sympathetic to capturing the band's strengths; while Trust was recorded by Tom Herbers along with Duluth engineer Eric Swanson and mixed by Tchad Blake at Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios
.

In April 2003, Peter S. Scholtes of the

Chairkickers
label in 2004.

Beginning with Secret Name, the band have diversified their sound. The band use subtle

Village Voice described the record's "comparatively thunderous verve".[10]

Low cancelled the second leg of their extensive tour in support of The Great Destroyer in late spring of 2005. Sparhawk published a statement on the band's website, addressed directly to fans, detailing his personal problems with depression that resulted in the cancellation of the tour. In August 2005, Sparhawk announced his return to performance, embarking on a US tour with former Red House Painters frontman Mark Kozelek. In October 2005, Sally announced he was leaving the band. Low replaced Sally with Matt Livingston, a bassist and saxophonist from Duluth's musical scene. In addition to playing bass guitar, Livingston also played an antique Navy chaplain's pump organ in the group.

Low live in the Barby club, Tel Aviv, Israel, September 11, 2008

After appearing on 2007's Drums and Guns and touring with the group, Matt Livingston left Low in 2008, to be replaced by Steve Garrington. Garrington would perform with the band for the next 12 years and four studio albums: 2011's C'mon, 2013's The Invisible Way, 2015's Ones and Sixes and 2018's Double Negative.

Sparhawk and Parker provided guest vocals on "Lunacy", the opening track on Swans' 2012 album The Seer.[11]

In June 2021, the band announced an upcoming release on Sub Pop entitled Hey What.[12] The album was released on September 10.[12] With the announcement of the album came news of Garrington's departure from the band a year prior, turning Low into an official duo for the first time in their career. It was soon announced that the band had hired Charlie Parr bassist Liz Draper to support Hey What on tour.[13]

Parker was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in late 2020; she began treatment in 2021 and publicly revealed the diagnosis during a podcast interview in January 2022.[14][15] In August 2022, the band cancelled some European shows to accommodate Parker's treatment.[16] In September, the band cancelled its dates opening for Death Cab for Cutie in the United States.[17] In October, the band cancelled the remainder of their 2022 European tour dates, due to continued concerns about Parker's health.[18] Parker died on November 5, 2022.[19]

Following Parker's death, Sparhawk focused his musical attention to a new project named Damien, featuring their son, Cyrus, on bass guitar, songwriter Marc Gartman on vocals and drummer Owen Mahon.[20] Formed in late 2021, prior to Parker's death, the band's debut album, The Boy Who Drew Cats was released in May 2023.[20] Upon the album's release, Sparhawk noted: "I'm learning not to be surprised by anything. There is a weird process going on and I have to allow myself the possibility that I have no idea what I'm going to be by the end of this."[20] In June 2023, Sparhawk confirmed via Twitter that Low had ended with Parker's passing. "Low is and was Mimi," he wrote. "It was amazing. I'm grateful."[21]

Performance

A stage set up with instruments
A defining feature of Low's sound for 30 years was the minimalist drum kit used by Mimi Parker, who would stand stage center between her husband, guitarist and vocalist Alan Sparhawk, and the band's bassist.

Low are known for their live performances. Rock club audiences sometimes watch the band while seated on the floor. During their early career, the band often faced unsympathetic and inattentive audiences in bars and clubs, to which they responded by bucking rock protocol and turning their volume down. The dynamic range of their early music made it susceptible to background noise and chatter, since many of their songs were very quiet. A performance in 1996 at the South by Southwest festival was overpowered when a Scandinavian hardcore band was booked downstairs. The Trust album marked a turning point, and Low's music has developed a more emphatic sound.[citation needed]

Their shows often featured drastically reinterpreted

Los Angeles on Halloween 1998, the band took the stage as a Misfits tribute act,[22] complete with corpse paint
and black clothing.

At the 2008

Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona.[23] On Friday July 13, 2012, Low gave a candlelit concert at Halifax Minster
in England.

Mimi Parker standing behind her drum set
Founding member Mimi Parker on her final tour with Low before her 2022 death.

Low's performance at the 2013

drones," a reference to an anti-drone sticker made by Minneapolis's Luke Heiken;[24] the performance resulted in mass audience confusion and divisive online discussion.[25] The performance lasted half an hour and was broadcast live on radio station KCMP, which had been playing cuts of their recent album. Low had performed a more traditional show for KCMP at the Fitzgerald Theater
earlier in the year.

On September 4, 2022, at what proved to be the band's final performance, Low took the stage at the Water Is Life Festival in Duluth.[26]

Commercial success

The band's mainstream exposure was limited in the early part of their career. The band's version of "The

ad
that depicted a snowball fight in slow-motion to match the song's glacial tempo.

Starting with Things We Lost in the Fire (2001), Low's albums began to appear on sales charts in Europe; starting with The Great Destroyer (2005) they began to chart in the United States as well. A remix of their song "Halflight" was featured in the Mothman Prophecies motion picture in 2002. The band made their network television debut in 2005 by performing the single "California" on an episode of Last Call with Carson Daly. On June 11, 2007, Scott Bateman, a web animator, announced that his video for Low's song "Hatchet (Optimimi version)" would be one of the preloads on the new Microsoft Zune portable media player.[27] That same year they recorded a song called "Family Tree" which featured in the "Careful" episode of the Nick Jr. kids' show Yo Gabba Gabba!

On March 24, 2008, their song "Point of Disgust" was featured in the UK television show

Skins, prompting a rush of download sales from iTunes. Another of their songs, "Sunflower", was featured in the following episode (episode 9), and "Breaker" was featured in a later episode. As the music supervisor of Skins declared in the Episode Track Listing section of the show's official website: "You may have guessed by now that we are all pretty huge fans of Low in the Skins office".[citation needed
]

The 2008 movie KillShot, starring Mickey Rourke and Diane Lane, features the song "Monkey" early in the film. The 2003 documentary film Tarnation by Jonathan Caouette features the Low tracks "Laser Beam", "Embrace", and "Back Home Again" alongside tracks by artists such as Red House Painters and The Magnetic Fields. "Laser Beam" also featured on episode 4 season 2 of the television show Misfits. Low was the subject of the 2008 documentary Low: You May Need a Murderer.

In 2010, Robert Plant recorded two Low songs from The Great Destroyer, "Monkey" and "Silver Rider", for his album Band of Joy. In an interview, Plant said of The Great Destroyer, "It's great music; it's always been in the house playing away beside Jerry Lee Lewis and Howlin' Wolf, you know. There's room for everything."[28] Buddy Miller, who played guitar on Band of Joy, had worked with Low in the past.

The band were chosen by

All Tomorrow's Parties festival in March 2012 in Minehead, England.[29]

Personal lives

Alan Sparhawk
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
OriginDuluth, Minnesota, U.S.
GenresIndie rock, slowcore
Occupation(s)Musician, singer-songwriter
Instrument(s)Vocals, guitar
Years active1993–present
Mimi Parker
Birth nameMimi Jo Parker
Born(1967-09-15)September 15, 1967
Bemidji, Minnesota, U.S.[30]
OriginClearbrook, Minnesota, U.S.
DiedNovember 5, 2022(2022-11-05) (aged 55)
Duluth, Minnesota, U.S.
GenresIndie rock, slowcore
Occupation(s)Musician, singer-songwriter
Instrument(s)Vocals, drums
Years active1993–2022

George Alan Sparhawk (born June 10, 1968 in Seattle)[31] moved from Seattle to Minnesota when he was nine years old. He met Mimi Jo Parker (1967–2022)[32][33] while they were both students at the same grade school in a small town outside of Bemidji.[34] They married and moved to Duluth, where they formed Low.[35] Sparhawk is, and Parker was, a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, about which Sparhawk said, "Our spiritual beliefs encompass our whole life and understanding of who we are and what we do."[36]

Sparhawk has done charity work with the Maasai tribe in Kenya. After a friend of his became a friend of the village of Namuncha, Sparhawk played a Christmas show to raise funds to build a school there, where students had previously been meeting in the shade outside. He calls the experience of visiting the Maasai one of the most spiritual of his life.[36]

Parker was diagnosed with cancer in December 2020. She did not disclose her illness until mid-2021, when Low was forced to cancel multiple tour dates. She died on November 5, 2022.[19] She is survived by Sparhawk; their children, Hollis and Cyrus; her mother; and her sisters, Cindy Elam and Wanda Larson.[37]

Low announced Parker's death on their Twitter account on November 6 with the message: "Friends, it's hard to put the universe into language and into a short message, but she passed away last night, surrounded by family and love, including yours. Keep her name close and sacred. Share this moment with someone who needs you. Love is indeed the most important thing."[38]

Side projects

Low founded the

Haley Bonar
. Sparhawk is notably active in Duluth's small but vibrant independent music scene; he operates a recording studio in the town, in a deconsecrated church where the acoustics provided the lush reverb which was characteristic of Low's sound. Most of the musicians on the Chairkickers' Union label are based in Duluth and its environs.

Zak Sally has toured as a bassist with

blues-rock revival band which plays a style of music that is dissimilar to that played by Low; in this group, Sparhawk performs under the pseudonym "Chicken-Bone George". Low and the Black-Eyed Snakes have played some of the same songs, including "Lordy". Sparhawk has also played with the Retribution Gospel Choir (RGC). Matt Livingston, who became Low's bassist in late 2005, also played in the RGC. On that band's first tour, which began in fall 2005, the group covered the Low song "From Your Place on Sunset". Songs have also crossed over in the other direction—Low covered the RGC songs "Hatchet" and "Breaker" on their Drums and Guns
album.

Sparhawk released his debut solo album

See You on the Moon! released in 2006. Vincent Moon
filmed Sparhawk playing an acoustic session on the Take-Away Show in 2007.

Sparhawk and Sally have recorded synthesizer-centric songs in the

Barsuk Records catalog). At one time, Mimi Parker was rumored to have started a punk band called Rubbersnake,[40]
but this was an inside joke on the part of the band.

In April 2012, Low collaborated with artist Peter Liversidge for a combined performance at the Royal Festival Hall in London.[41] A year later, Low collaborated with Liversidge again for a performance at the Barbican Centre in London.[42]

In 2011, Sparhawk began collaborating with Duluth violinist and vocalist Gaelynn Lea in a band called The Murder of Crows. The duo plays Lea's originals, instrumentals, and covers, using looping pedals and pared-down arrangements.[43] Their first album, Imperfecta, was released in June 2012.[44]

Sparhawk plays in the Neil Young tribute act Tired Eyes.[45]

In a profile with The New Yorker, Sparhawk revealed that he had completed an album titled White Roses, My God, and shared that the album would be released in fall 2024.[46]

Honors and awards

Low's star on the outside mural of the Minneapolis nightclub First Avenue

The band has been honored with a star on the outside mural of the Minneapolis nightclub First Avenue;[47] the honor recognizes performers who have played sold-out shows at the iconic venue and have made major contributions to local culture.[48] Receiving a star "might be the most prestigious public honor an artist can receive in Minneapolis," according to journalist Steve Marsh.[49]

Members

  • Alan Sparhawk – vocals, guitar (1993–2022)
  • Mimi Parker – vocals, drums, percussion (1993–2022; died 2022)
  • John Nichols – bass guitar (1993–1994)
  • Zak Sally – bass guitar (1994–2005)
  • Matt Livingston – bass guitar (2005–2008)
  • Steve Garrington – bass guitar (2008–2020)
  • Liz Draper – bass guitar (2021–2022; touring)

Discography

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected details and chart positions
Year

Released

Title Record Label Peak chart positions
US
 AUT
[50] 		FRA
[51] 		GER
[52] 		IRE
[53] 		NLD
[54] 		SWI
[55] 		UK
[56]
1994 I Could Live in Hope Vernon Yard — — — — — — — —
1995 Long Division — — — — — — — —
1996 The Curtain Hits the Cast — — — — — — — —
1999 Secret Name Kranky — — — — — — — —
2001 Things We Lost in the Fire — — — — — — — 81
2002 Trust — — — — 52 — — —
2005 The Great Destroyer Sub Pop —[A] — 190 — 30 — — 72
2007 Drums and Guns 196 — — — 54 — — 92
2011 C'mon 73 — — — 55 — — 49
2013 The Invisible Way 76 — 190 — 39 99 — 44
2015 Ones and Sixes 158 — 115 — 45 34 — 35
2018 Double Negative — — 190 — 69 114 52 26
2021 Hey What — 75 193 32 44 27 37 23

Note

  1. Top Heatseekers
    chart.

EPs

Singles

  • "Over the Ocean" (maxi-single) – (Vernon Yard Recordings, 1996)
  • "If You Were Born Today (Song for Little Baby Jesus)" (7") – (Wurlitzer Jukebox, 1997)
  • "No Need" (split maxi-single with Dirty Three) – (Touch And Go, 1997)
  • "Venus" 7" (Sub Pop, 1997)
  • "Joan of Arc" 7" (Tugboat, 1998)
  • "Sleep at the Bottom" (split 7" with Piano Magic & Transient Waves) – (Rocket Girl, 1998)
  • "Immune" 7" (Tugboat, 1999)
  • "Dinosaur Act" 7", maxi-single (Tugboat, 2000)
  • "K. / Low" split 7", maxi-single (Tiger Style, 2001)
  • "Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me" / "Because You Stood Still" CD single (Chairkickers' Music, 2001)
  • "Canada" 7", maxi-single (Rough Trade (UK), 2002)
  • "David & Jude / Stole Some Sentimental Jewellery" split 7" with Vibracathedral Orchestra (Misplaced Music, 2002)
  • "California" maxi-single (Rough Trade (UK), 2004)
  • "Tonight" 12", maxi-single (Buzzin' Fly, 2004)
  • "Hatchet (Optimimi Version)" 7" (Sub Pop, 2007)
  • "Santa's Coming Over" 7" (Sub Pop, 2008)
  • "Just Make It Stop" (Sub Pop, 2013)
  • "Stay" (Sub Pop, 2013) – Rihanna cover, digital release
  • "What Part of Me" (Sub Pop, 2015)
  • "Lies" (Sub Pop, 2015)
  • Low / S. Carey – "Not a Word" / "I Won't Let You" (Sub Pop, 2016, Record Store Day Release)'
  • "Let's Stay Together" (2018) – Al Green cover
  • "Quorum" / "Dancing and Blood" / "Fly" (2018)
  • "Days Like These" (Sub Pop, 2021)

Live albums

Miscellaneous

  • owL Remix (Vernon Yard Recordings, 1998)
  • The Mothman Prophecies – Music from the Motion Picture – "Half Light (Single)", "Half Light (Tail Credit)" (Lakeshore Records, 2002)
  • A Lifetime of Temporary Relief: 10 Years of B-Sides and Rarities box set (Chairkickers' Music, 2004)
  • We Could Live in Hope: A Tribute to Low (Fractured Discs, 2004)
  • Tonight The Monkeys Die (Low Remixes) (Chairkickers' Music, 2005)

Compilations

  • A Means to an End: The Music of Joy Division (Hut Recordings, 1995)
  • Indie-Rock Flea Market Part 2 7" (Flip Recording Company, 1995)
  • New Music June (College Music Journal, 1995)
  • The Paper 7" (Papercut Records, 1997)
  • A Tribute to Spacemen 3 (Rocket Girl, 1998)
  • Astralwerks 1998 Summer Sampler (Astralwerks, 1998)
  • Kompilation (Southern Records, 1998)
  • Shanti Project Collection (Badman Recording Co. Jr., 1999)
  • Duluth Does Dylan (Spinout Records, 2000)
  • Take Me Home: A Tribute to John Denver (Badman Recording Co., 2000)
  • A Rocket Girl Compilation (Rocket Girl, 2001)
  • Benicàssim 2001 (Festival Internacional de Benicàssim, 2001)
  • *Seasonal Greetings (Mobile Records, 2002)
  • Une Rentrée 2002 – Tome 1 (Les Inrockuptibles, 2002)
  • Another Country – Songs of Dignity & Redemption from the Other Side of the Tracks (Agenda, 2003)
  • Buzzin' Fly Volume One: Replenishing Music for the Modern Soul (Buzzin' Fly Records, 2004)
  • The Trip – Snow Patrol (Family Recordings (UK), 2004)
  • Duyster. (Play It Again Sam (PIAS), 2005)
  • This Bird Has Flown – A 40th Anniversary Tribute to the Beatles' Rubber Soul (Razor & Tie, 2005)
  • Rough Trade Shops – Counter Culture 05 (V2, 2006)
  • Elegy Sampler 47 (Elegy, 2007)
  • Sounds – Now! (Musikexpress, 2007)
  • Dead Man's Town: A Tribute to Springsteen's Born in the U.S.A (Lightning Rod, 2014)

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