Low at Bottletree

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Low at Bottletree, June 18, 2007

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Alan Sparhawk of Low

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Mimi Parker of Low


Bottletree strikes again.

A year into business and the venue continues to bring the most diverse acts of any club in Alabama. Low is at the end of the noise spectrum, in a small genre called slowcore, where the crowd was actually leaning in to listen. I'd say their closest musical contemporaries would be Mazzy Star.

Harmonies, guitar and percussion parts so delicate they fade into one another beautifully. It was almost a shock after each song to hear the crowd clap and cheer because of the quietness of the Duluth, Minn.-based band.

I first heard them on a CMJ compilation in 1995 along with another little-known band named Everclear. The song, "Shame," was haunting, quiet and beautiful and unlike anything I had or have ever heard. Since 1993, Low has released ten albums and the husband and wife founders, Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker, have two children and are touring with Wilco this summer. Bottletree was lucky and smart enough to get them for one of just two headlining shows.

More Low photos are here.

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