Low, “I Could Live In Hope” (Vernon Yard, 1994)
One of the most beautifully bleak (and influential) records of its era, Low’s debut is slow, stark, steady, single guitar lines and quiet voices against a subtle, deliberate rhythm section. The best moments hit like sunlight on a desolate, snowbound landscape.
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7/29/13

Low, “I Could Live In Hope” (Vernon Yard, 1994)
Pioneering “slow-core” band, playing big, resonant post-punk-inflected rock with lots of wide-open spaces, brilliantly shuddering drone-chasms, explosive dynamic shifts, blizzards of guitar-shards. Good music for long winters.
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10/13/11