Sub Pop Records News for Low

NEWS : TUE, AUG 20, 2024 at 6:00 AM

Alan Sparhawk of Low Shares “Get Still” (+ Official Video)

Last month, Sub Pop announced the release details for White Roses, My God, the debut solo effort from Alan Sparhawk of Low. Today, he shares a new video for the buoyant electro-charged track “Get Still,” directed by Ingrid Weise. Click here to watch.

As previously announced, Sparhawk’s tour in support of White Roses, My God begins November 2nd, 2024, in Dublin, IE, at Opium and currently ends January 25th, 2025, in Denver at the Bluebird.

He will headline an eight-date run in the US (Jan. 13th-25th), which includes a stop at Brooklyn’s Elsewhere on April 5th. These shows will follow his previously announced 2024 dates— UK/EU headline dates (Nov. 2nd-5th), an appearance at Pitchfork Music Festival London at The Barbican with Jessica Pratt (Nov. 6th), and support dates with Godspeed You! Black Emperor (Nov. 8th-24th).

Additional live dates will be announced soon. Please find a current list of dates below.

Europe, Fall 2024
Sat. Nov. 02 - Dublin, IE- Opium
Mon. Nov. 04 - Leeds, UK - Brudenell Social Club
Tue. Nov. 05 - Wales, UK - Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff
Wed. Nov. 06 - London, UK - the Barbican Centre, Pitchfork Music Festival $
Fri. Nov. 08 - Chicago, IL - Salt Shed #
Sat. Nov. 09 - Saint Paul, MN - Palace Theatre #
Mon. Nov. 11 - Lawrence, KS #
Tue. Nov. 12 - Fayetteville, AR - George’s Majestic Lounge #
Wed. Nov. 13 - Nashville, TN - Basement East (TN) #
Thu. Nov. 14 - Knoxville, TN - Bijou Theater #
Fri. Nov. 15 - Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade #
Sat. Nov. 16 - Charleston, SC - Music Farm #
Sun. Nov. 17 - Saxapahaw, NC - The Haw River Ballroom #
Tue. Nov. 19 - Washington, DC - 930 Club #
Fri. Nov. 22 - Norwalk, CT - District Music Hall #
Sat. Nov. 23 - Boston, MA - Roadrunner #
Sun. Nov. 24 - Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer #

North America, January 2025
Mon. Jan. 13 - Fargo, ND - The Aquarium @
Wed. Jan. 15 - Bozeman, MT - The Rialto @
Fri. Jan. 17 - Seattle, WA - The Crocodile @
Sat. Jan. 18 - Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios @
Mon. Jan. 20 - San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall @
Fri. Jan. 24 - Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge @
Sat. Jan. 25 - Denver, CO - Bluebird @
Fri. Apr. 02 - Brooklyn, NY - Elsewhere @

$ Jessica Pratt
# Godspeed You! Black Emperor
@ Circuit des Yeux

White Roses, My God is available to preorder now from Sub Pop. LP preorders from the Sub Pop Mega Mart (North America), Mega Mart 2 (UK/EU), and independent retailers worldwide will receive the limited Loser edition on Clear vinyl (while stock lasts!).

Late last month, we released the lead single, “Can U Hear,” the first offering from White Roses, My God, which saw coverage from The New York Times, Stereogum, Pitchfork, Clash, The Line of Best Fit, Mojo, Under The Radar, and Brooklyn Vegan.

“Can U Hear,” the album’s first single, is certainly an unconventional expression of grief, with its droning electronics, sputtering beat and eerie Auto-Tuned vocals. But that digitized wail is unmistakably mournful, and there is something admirably bold in the way Sparhawk, as ever, rejects the expected” - New York Times

“…this is a record that ultimately finds Sparhawk turning pain into a kind of spiritual beauty” - [Album of the Month] Uncut

“ ‘Can U Hear,’…is reminiscent of Low at their most bombastic: It’s driven by a walloping sub-bass, a trap-influenced beat, and vocals Auto-Tuned to oblivion.” - [“Can You Hear”] Stereogum

” ‘Can U Hear’ plays with notions of communication and connection; a severance with the past, it’s an intense, enlightening statement from a true original.” - [“Can U Hear”] Clash

Alan Sparhawk
White Roses, My God

Tracklisting:
1. Get Still
2. I Made This Beat
3. Not the 1
4. Can U Hear
5. Heaven
6. Brother
7. Black Water
8. Feel Something
9. Station
10. Somebody Else’s Room
11. Project 4 Ever

NEWS : TUE, JUL 16, 2024 at 6:00 AM

White Roses, My God, the Debut Solo Album From Alan Sparhawk of Low, Is out September 27th

On September 27th, Sub Pop will release White Roses, My God, the debut solo effort from Alan Sparhawk. Though he’s obviously (and justifiably) best known for his thirty years in the legendary band Low, a look at Sparhawk’s many side projects across that same span of time shows him experimenting with everything from punk and funk to production work and improvisation. Low itself never settled for a set sound or approach. The band was always a collaboration—a conversation, a romance—between Sparhawk and his wife, Mimi Parker, who was the band’s co-founder, drummer, co-lead vocalist, and its blazing irreplaceable heart. Parker passed away in 2022 after a long battle with cancer.

There is no question that White Roses, My God is a record borne of grief. However, it would be reductive, even foolish, to see grief as the sole source or the final limit of this taut, brilliant, provocative, thrilling album, whose bold experimentation is powered by profound lyrics and propulsive beats. White Roses, My God is an exorcism whose purpose is not to banish the spirit but to set it free.

Recorded at 20 Below Studios in Duluth, MN, White Roses, My God was co-produced and engineered by Alan Sparhawk and Nat Harvie, mixed by Nat Harvie, and mastered by Heba Kadry. The album features standout singles “Get Still” and “Heaven,” alongside today’s release for the album’s pulsating debut offering, “Can U Hear,” the video for which was directed by Rick Alverson.

Alan Sparhawk’s tour schedule in support of White Roses, My God begins November 2nd, 2024, in Dublin, IE, at Opium and currently ends January 25th, 2025, in Denver at the Bluebird.

This announcement features a new, eight-date headlining run in the US (Jan. 13th-25th), which includes a stop at Brooklyn’s Elsewhere on April 5th. These shows will follow his previously announced 2024 dates— UK/EU headline dates (Nov. 2nd-5th), an appearance at Pitchfork Music Festival London at The Barbican with Jessica Pratt (Nov. 6th), and support dates with Godspeed You! Black Emperor (Nov. 8th-24th).

Additional live dates will be announced soon. Please find a current list of dates below.

Europe, Fall 2024
Sat. Nov. 02 - Dublin, IE- Opium
Mon. Nov. 04 - Leeds, UK - Brudenell Social Club
Tue. Nov. 05 - Wales, UK - Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff
Wed. Nov. 06 - London, UK - the Barbican Centre, Pitchfork Music Festival $
Fri. Nov. 08 - Chicago, IL - Salt Shed #
Sat. Nov. 09 - Saint Paul, MN - Palace Theatre #
Mon. Nov. 11 - Lawrence, KS #
Tue. Nov. 12 - Fayetteville, AR - George’s Majestic Lounge #
Wed. Nov. 13 - Nashville, TN - Basement East (TN) #
Thu. Nov. 14 - Knoxville, TN - Bijou Theater #
Fri. Nov. 15 - Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade #
Sat. Nov. 16 - Charleston, SC - Music Farm #
Sun. Nov. 17 - Saxapahaw, NC - The Haw River Ballroom #
Tue. Nov. 19 - Washington, DC - 930 Club #
Fri. Nov. 22 - Norwalk, CT - District Music Hall #
Sat. Nov. 23 - Boston, MA - Roadrunner #
Sun. Nov. 24 - Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer #

North America, January 2025
Mon. Jan. 13 - Fargo, ND - The Aquarium
Wed. Jan. 15 - Bozeman, MT - The Rialto
Fri. Jan. 17 - Seattle, WA - The Crocodile
Sat. Jan. 18 - Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios
Mon. Jan. 20 - San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
Fri. Jan. 24 - Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge
Sat. Jan. 25 - Denver, CO - Bluebird
Fri. Apr. 02 - Brooklyn, NY - Elsewhere

$ Jessica Pratt
# Godspeed You! Black Emperor

White Roses, My God is available to preorder now from Sub Pop. LP preorders from megamart.subpop.com (North America), Mega Mart 2 (UK/EU), and independent retailers worldwide will receive the limited Loser edition on Clear vinyl (while stock lasts!).

Alan Sparhawk
White Roses, My God

Tracklisting:
1. Get Still
2. I Made This Beat
3. Not the 1
4. Can U Hear
5. Heaven
6. Brother
7. Black Water
8. Feel Something
9. Station
10. Somebody Else’s Room
11. Project 4 Ever

NEWS : THU, FEB 24, 2022 at 7:00 AM

Watch Low’s Kaleidoscopic New Video for “All Night” From Their Grammy-Nominated 2021 Album HEY WHAT

You can now watch Low’s new video for “All Night,” directed by Azalia Snail, who describes the video with: ”The sunburst gives hope to the apocalyptic dystopian nature of our current pandemic world.” The song is from HEY WHAT, their Grammy-nominated and massively acclaimed album from 2021.

Low’s previously announced international headlining dates in support of HEY WHAT begin March 22nd, 2022. For a full list of shows click here.

HEY WHAT saw placement on many “Best Albums of 2021” lists and readers polls including:

Recommended Listen (#1)
Slate (#1)
Treble Zine (#1)
Blow Up (#1)
Vulture (#2)
What’s Good (#2)
Northern Transmissions #2
Our Culture (#2)
The Skinny (#3)
MOJO (#4)
Uncut (#4)
The Wire (#4)
Pitchfork (#5)
Slant (#5)
Flood (#6)
The New Yorker: Amanda Petrusich (#8)
New York Times: Lindsey Zoladz (#8)
Gold Flake Paint (#11)
PASTE (#12)
AV Club (#13)
Rolling Stone (#16)
EXCLAIM! (#18)
Loud and Quiet (#20)
NPR Music (#21)
The Guardian (#31)
Gorilla vs. Bear (#39)
Louder Than War (#50)
The Quietus (#98)

HEY WHAT also saw placement on Pitchfork’s “Best Rock Albums of 2021” and Rough Trade’s “100 Albums of 2021” lists. And “Days Like These,” the album’s lead single, earned placement on “Best Songs of 2021” lists from Pitchfork (#3) and PASTE (#20).

Low
HEY WHAT

Tracklisting:
1. White Horses
2. I Can Wait
3. All Night
4. Disappearing
5. Hey
6. Days Like These
7. There’s a Comma After Still
8. Don’t Walk Away
9. More
10. The Price You Pay (It Must Be Wearing Off)

NEWS : TUE, JAN 4, 2022 at 7:00 AM

Watch Low’s new official video for “I Can Wait” from HEY WHAT, their Grammy-nominated album

You can now watch Low’s new video for “I Can Wait,” directed by Manuel Aragon (who directed the group’s video for “Lies” from Ones & Sixes). The song is from HEY WHAT, their Grammy-nominated and massively acclaimed album from 2021.

HEY WHAT saw placement on many “Best Albums of 2021” lists and readers polls including:

Recommended Listen (#1)
Slate (#1)
Treble Zine (#1)
Vulture (#2)
What’s Good (#2)
Northern Transmissions #2
Our Culture (#2)
The Skinny (#3)
MOJO (#4)
Uncut (#4)
The Wire (#4)
Pitchfork (#5)
Slant (#5)
Flood (#6)

The New Yorker: Amanda Petrusich (#8)
New York Times:Lindsey Zoladz (#8)
Gold Flake Paint (#11)
PASTE (#12)
AV Club (#13)
Rolling Stone (#16)
EXCLAIM! (#18)
Loud and Quiet (#20)
NPR Music (#21)
The Guardian (#31)
Gorilla vs. Bear (#39)
Louder Than War (#50)
The Quietus (#98)

HEY WHAT also saw placement on Pitchfork’s “Best Rock Albums of 2021” and Rough Trade’s “100 Albums of 2021” lists. Meanwhile “Days Like These,” the album’s lead single, earned placement on “Best Songs of 2021” lists from Pitchfork (#3) and PASTE (#20).

Low’s previously announced international headline dates in support of HEY WHAT begin February 16th, 2022. For a full list of shows click here.

Low
HEY WHAT

Tracklisting:
1. White Horses
2. I Can Wait
3. All Night
4. Disappearing
5. Hey
6. Days Like These
7. There’s a Comma After Still
8. Don’t Walk Away
9. More
10. The Price You Pay (It Must Be Wearing Off)

NEWS : TUE, DEC 14, 2021 at 7:00 AM

Low’s critically acclaimed Hey What has been nominated for a 2022 Grammy! Watch their new official video for “Hey”

The critically acclaimed new Low album HEY WHAT and producer BJ Burton have been nominated for a Grammy Award in the category of “Best Engineered Album (Non-Classical).” This is the band’s first-ever nomination in their 28-year career. HEY WHAT has also earned placement on “Best of 2021” year-end lists from the likes of Blow Up (#1), MOJO (#4), Uncut (#4), Rolling Stone (#16), The New Yorker (#8), The Wire (#4), New York Times (#8 /Critic: Lindsey Zoladz), PASTE (#12 Album of the Year and #20 Songs of the Year), Pitchfork (#3 Best Songs of 2021, #5 Best 50 Albums of 2021 and Best Rock Album), Northern Transmissions (#2), NPR (#21), The Guardian (#31), Vulture (Best Albums of 2021, So Far), Esquire (Best Albums of 2021, So Far), Gorilla vs. Bear (#39), Treble Zine (#1 Best 50 Albums of 2021), EXCLAIM! (#18), The Quietus (#98), The Skinny ( #3), PASTE (#12), as well as Rough Trade UK’s Top 100 Albums of 2021.

A new video, directed by illy killy for their song “Hey” is now available. You can watch the video by clicking here.

Low’s previously announced international headline dates in support of HEY WHAT begin February 16th, 2022. For a full list of shows click here.

Best Albums of 2021 lists include The New York Times, The Guardian, MOJO, The New Yorker, NPR Music, Rolling Stone, Blow Up, and Uncut

8.4/10, “Best New Music,” Pitchfork
“Album of the Week” Stereogum
“This is Low’s victory.” ★★★★ Rolling Stone
“The people behind HEY WHAT are redefining how a rock band can sound.” [“Album of the Week”] ★★★★ The Guardian
”HEY WHAT is a transformative experience. Listening to it changes you…” [“Album of the Week”] Stereogum
“…staggering and unprecedented…” The New Yorker [“Best Music of 2021,” #8]

Low
HEY WHAT

Tracklisting:
1. White Horses
2. I Can Wait
3. All Night
4. Disappearing
5. Hey
6. Days Like These
7. There’s a Comma After Still
8. Don’t Walk Away
9. More
10. The Price You Pay (It Must Be Wearing Off)

NEWS : FRI, SEP 10, 2021 at 7:00 AM

HEY WHAT, the enthralling new album from LOW, out today worldwide on Sub Pop; Watch the official new video for “White Horses”

HEY WHAT, the enthralling new Low album, is out now on CD/LP/CS/DSPs on Sub Pop. HEY WHAT and its previously released singles “Days Like These,” “Disappearing” and “More” have earned the group raves from the likes of The New York Times, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Beats Per Minute, Brooklyn Vegan, CLASH, DIY, The Guardian, The Line of Best Fit, MOJO, NPR Music, PASTE, Uncut, SPIN, Stereogum, Under the Radar, and more.

A new video, directed by Shane Donahue, for “White Horses,” the first song from the new Low album, marks the release of HEY WHAT.

Low’s international headlining dates in support of HEY WHAT for the US, UK and EU have been announced. For a full list of shows click here.

What people are saying about HEY WHAT:

9/10, “Album of the Month,” UNCUT
9/10 CLASH
8.6/10 PASTE
8.4/10, “Best New Music,” Pitchfork
★★★★ The Guardian
★★★★ MOJO
“Album of the Week” Stereogum

★★★★★ The Skinny

5/5 NARC
9/10 Northern Transmissions
8/10 EXCLAIM!
★★★★ Slant
“Album of the Week” Treble
“An instant classic.” Uproxx

“It is easy to make music that is difficult and it is easy to make music that is beautiful. But it is quite the trick to be both at the same time, on HEY WHAT, Low mark themselves out as masters of”It is easy to make music that is difficult and it is easy to make music that is beautiful. But it is quite the trick to be both at the same time, on HEY WHAT, Low mark themselves out as masters of the art.” [9/10, “ Album of the Month”] - UNCUT

“A potential classic that surprises at every turn…” [9/10] - CLASH

“…A visceral treatise on modern-day existential dread.” [8.6/10] - PASTE

“HEY WHAT’s refinements make it clear that they are still finding fresh angles on the same themes that have animated them since the beginning: using minimalism to express the entwined pairing of intimacy and loneliness, searching for meaning in the rubble after a departure too catastrophic to address by name.” [8.4/10, “Best New Music”] - Pitchfork

“The people behind HEY WHAT are redefining how a rock band can sound.” [“Album of the Week”] ★★★★ - The Guardian

“The information exchange attains a near-perfect equilibrium between sanctified melody and distress signals… After almost 30 years documenting the bittersweet mysteries of life, this one’s for the angels.” ★★★★ - MOJO

“Just as Double Negative offered a catharsis of the confusion and despair that many felt in 2018, as a whole HEY WHAT promises hurt and healing in equal measure, its abrasive textures the companion to undeniable warmth, tenderness, and optimism.” - The Wire

“An instant classic that culminates and sharpens their previous experiments for an overwhelming emotional experience.” - UPROXX

“The world might be broken, and so might we all, but Low keep on straining towards transcendence. Remarkably, nearly 30 years into their career, they seem to have achieved it yet again.” [Album of the Week] - Stereogum

“It’s safe to say that no one is making music that sounds remotely similar to what Low is giving us.” [8/10] - EXCLAIM!

“The loud, bold melodies on HEY WHAT reach out, grab you, and demand your attention, and then they shower you with a rush of euphoria.” - Brooklyn Vegan

“HEY WHAT redefines ‘extraordinary.’” - Prog

“A record worth cherishing” - Loud & Quiet

“To be making music that can truly surprise you 13 albums and 28 years into a career is a testament to Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker’s continued dedication to their craft.” ★★★★★ - The Skinny

“The maximalism of HEY WHAT leaves more room for brightness and even optimism, its distorted and texturally jagged structures rendered in perfect harmony with the space and possibilities that surround them.” [“Album of the Week”] - Treble

“Rarely does a record seem to wholly capture the people behind it. Rarely is a record this special.” [5/5] - NARC

“HEY WHAT finds the duo fully embracing sonic expressionism while further honing their impeccable songcraft.” ★★★★ - SLANT

“As with 2018’s Double Negative, it’s an affirmation of Low as a creative force that effortlessly fits into the shape of what stylistic container it’s placed in.” [9/10] - Northern Transmissions

“If Double Negative from 2018 proved that these indie lifers were still finding uncharted frontiers in their spacious sound nearly three decades into their band’s existence, this first taste of their forthcoming album HEY WHAT shows once again that they’re not finished discovering exhilaratingly new ways to sound exactly like themselves.” [“Days Like These”] - New York Times

“It’s simply three-and-a-half minutes of throbbing, unrequited yearning, Low at their very best, and it’s beautiful.” [“Disappearing”] – Rolling Stone

“Slow-burning, elegant…” [“Disappearing”] - NME

Low
HEY WHAT

Tracklisting:
1. White Horses
2. I Can Wait
3. All Night
4. Disappearing
5. Hey
6. Days Like These
7. There’s a Comma After Still
8. Don’t Walk Away
9. More
10. The Price You Pay (It Must Be Wearing Off