New Christmas single from Low (1 Viewer)

[sweetoblivion]

Peanut Butter Toast and American Bandstand

 

[Cryptid]

I don't actually agree there re Mimi's voice, but I think the harmonies are brilliant.

 

[sweetoblivion]

Sharp Toothed Dinosaur

I love both their vocals, but Mimi does sound like an angel.

 

[Cryptid]

Wiki says they're Mormons, so there's an 85% chance they are:


Personal lives

Sparhawk and Parker are married, have two children, and are practicing members of the Mormon faith. (Sparhawk was born into an LDS family in Seattle, and for some time lived in Utah before moving to Minnesota at age nine; he also and briefly attended Brigham Young University. Parker is a convert.) In 2006, Sparhawk was involved in raising funds for the construction of a school in Namuncha, Kenya, which he visited in August of that year. On Low's website he is quoted as saying, "My visit to Namuncha, Kenya in August was one of the most impressive experiences of my life so far."


I figure they might be envious of the roast turkey, presents etc. Mormon's don't celebrate Christmas, do they? Do they have Christmas on their home planet?

 

[Alan Remorse]

actually "below and above" is my fave Mimi song. so amazing.

 

[sweetoblivion]

they are strict Mormons indeed. But that doesn't mean they can't sing Christmas songs...

 

[sweetoblivion]

I think Lullaby is my favourite, the demo that's on the boxset. Amazing.

 

[Jim Daniels]

I think Lullaby is my favourite, the demo that's on the boxset. Amazing.

Yeah, it something else!

Kindly Blessed from the box set is my favourite.

The Plan is a close second

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Vxx2gmIOF4"]YouTube - Low - The Plan @ Somerville Theatre 4/7/07[/ame]

 

[Cryptid]

There's a load of random Low stuff on elbo.ws: http://elbo.ws/tracks/low/

Personally I think most Christmas/Halloween/Easter songs are a bit naff.

I think I'd prefer their earlier stuff too. Their last album definitely isn't worth getting.

 

[CinnamonBoy]

Just for the sake of it:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-rvWoVX3t0"]YouTube - Just Like Christmas[/ame]

 

[sweetoblivion]

just like Christmas is soooo good, although the lyrics are a bit depressing the ep's great

 

[Jim Daniels]

just like Christmas is soooo good, although the lyrics are a bit depressing the ep's great

Its one of my favourite songs

I read once that Mr Albini speeded (sped?) up Mimi's vocals slightly on the track, to make them sweeter. And it worked! Thats engineering for you...

 

[sweetoblivion]

really! Cool, I shall listen more closely to it to see if I can spot that

 

[Nate Champion]

Not very good.

Last album was poor - best song by far was Murderer, which as any Low fan would know is quite an old song. Zak Sally's long gone too.
Still though, Trust show in the Ambassador - one of my favourite gigs ever.

Shame to say Subpop's youtube a/c has 134 videos and not one single Codeine video .

 

[sweetoblivion]

Hadn't heard this before, it's Alan, Mark Kozelek and Christian Kiefer singing ' When Ike Walked the Land', from the 'Of Great and Moral Men' project (anyone have any more info on that?)
The video is just amazing, it brought back loads of memories of the short time I lived in Chicago and made me all teary eyed. Loads of shots of the Hideout pub, downtown Chicago, Taste of Chicago, etc. Lovely. The song is just brilliant.

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[Jim Daniels]

Hadn't heard this before, it's Alan, Mark Kozelek and Christian Kiefer singing ' When Ike Walked the Land', from the 'Of Great and Moral Men' project (anyone have any more info on that?)
The video is just amazing

That is very nice.
Sounds like Mimi is in the background somewhere...

The triple album looks interesting.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001E7XG1I/?tag=thumpedcom-20

Might do e-Bay things....