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Low
12+ albums
slowcoreindie rockpost-rockindiealternative
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There are at least seven artists with this name: 1) Low is an American indie rock/slowcore band from Duluth. 2) Low is a German industrial punk rock band from Berlin. 3) Low is a Danish rapper. 4) Low is a Spanish hip hop artist. 5) low is a doujin artist. 6) Low (White Leaves) is a Japanese artist. 7) Low is a member of CLOSER. 1) Low was a slowcore band formed in Duluth, Minnesota, United States in 1993, by Alan Sparhawk (guitar and vocals), Mimi Parker (drums and vocals) and original bassist John Nichols (bass guitar). Zak Sally replaced Nichols after Low's first album and tour. In 2005, Sally quit the band; Matt Livingston replaced him shortly thereafter. In 2008 Steve Garrington took over on bass creating the current lineup of Sparhawk, Parker and Garrington. Their music was commonly described as "slowcore," a subgenre characterized by slow tempos and minimalist arrangements. They were one of the earlier bands to adopt and popularize the style, making them considerable contributors to the slowcore movement. (It is worth noting that the band dislikes this label. In an interview Alan Sparhawk says of descriptions of their music: "What's the cheesiest? Slow-core. I hate that word. The most appropriate is anything that uses the word minimal in it, but I don't think anybody's made one up for that") Parker and Sparhawk's striking vocal harmonies represented perhaps the group's most distinctive element, though their style grew more experimental over time, gradually incor
