Drums and Guns is the latest collection of songs by Low.

Recorded with Dave Fridmann and joined by Matt Livingston on bass; Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker have created a soundtrack for post-traumatic shock.

One imagines a world seen through night goggles; abandonment at the ravaged frontiers of a puppet state; the brainwashed hysteria of teenage guerrillas planting IEDs.

The menace breathes and seethes in silence, in a malefic dreamtime.

The voices—bracing and seductive—are upfront and clear.

The beats skitter as textures evaporate.

The arrangements have been robbed of all their valuables.

The message is clear.

This is the most important album of the year.

—Jonathan Poneman, Dec. 2006

Low, a band from Duluth, Minnesota, formed in 1993. The band features Alan Sparhawk on vocals and guitar, Mimi Parker on vocals and drums, and Matt Livingston on bass and vocals. Sparhawk and Parker are married with two children; they first met in fourth grade in rural Minnesota. Livingston, the latest addition to the band, replaced longtime bassist Zak Sally, who previously replaced original bassist John Nichols.

Low’s first album, I Could Live in Hope_, was produced by Kramer and released on Vernon Yard Records in 1994. The band was immediately pegged as “slowcore” due to their minimalist soundscapes and the beautiful harmonies of Sparhawk and Parker, which stood in stark contrast to the era’s fascination with “grunge.” Low continued to work with different producers (Steve Fisk, Steve Albini, Tchad Blake, Dave Fridmann) and released a steady stream of critically acclaimed albums (_Long Division, The Curtain Hits the Cast, Things We Lost in the Fire, The Great Destroyer), one-offs, collaborations, and other miscellany, including a classic Christmas album, aptly titled Low Christmas…

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The Great Destroyer

A Lifetime of Temporary Relief

Things We Lost In the Fire

Trust

Secret Name

Christmas

Songs for a Dead Pilot

Tonight The Monkeys Die

Alan Sparhawk - Solo Guitar

Drums and Guns

EPs

Monkey Remix

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• Cover - Alan Sparhawk - Solo Guitar
• Cover - The Great Destroyer
• Cover - Monkey Remix
• Cover - A Lifetime of Temporary Relief
• Cover - Things We Lost In the Fire
• Cover - Trust
• Cover - Secret Name
• Cover - Christmas
• Cover - Songs for a Dead Pilot
• Cover - Tonight The Monkeys Die
• Cover - Drums and Guns

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