Top Albums of The Decade #5
Low – Things We Lost In The Fire (2001)
The band’s called Low. The album’s called Things We Lost In The Fire. Their music is christened ‘slowcore’ by the music press. If what you have in mind is dark, cold and depressing, you’re just about half right. The pairing of Mimi Parker’s minimal, sparse drumming and Alan Sparhawk’s restrained guitar gives every song an ominous, eerie quality. While it’s all that and more, it’s also achingly beautiful and thoroughly captivating, especially when husband and wife team up on vocals on tracks like ‘Medicine Magazines’ and ‘Sunflower’. Things We Lost In The Fire can easily bring you to tears if you let it.
‘Sunflower’
‘Medicine Magazines’