close to dead man but instead of letting the notes ring, they crumble
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Monday, 11 June 2018 21:02 (five years ago) link
Has the album been announced? They seem to have disappeared from the Sub Pop website. Looking forward to the Leeds show next week. I have a spare ticket if anyone's after one.
― michaellambert, Monday, 11 June 2018 22:36 (five years ago) link
only via this listing AFAICT
https://www.cargo-records.de/en/item/126785/katalog_art.123.html
― Simon H., Tuesday, 12 June 2018 01:40 (five years ago) link
hope this is as great as The Great Destroyer/Trust/Secret Name/Things We Lost In The Fire because nothing they have done since those has been as compelling imo
― Dan S, Tuesday, 12 June 2018 02:05 (five years ago) link
I'm a little sad it doesn't seem like we're ever getting a Mimi solo album as I seem to imagine Alan teased quite a long time ago. (Though for anyone who hasn't heard it, his Solo Guitar is a neat bit of soundscaping.)
― Simon H., Tuesday, 12 June 2018 02:13 (five years ago) link
first 15 mins of the new album:
https://open.spotify.com/album/6nfpfcAiNLaxyFxwcj0lkm
― matt h, Tuesday, 12 June 2018 11:51 (five years ago) link
holy shit @ glitch ghost Mimi!
― Simon H., Tuesday, 12 June 2018 13:14 (five years ago) link
oh good this sounds like autechre
― flamenco blorf (BradNelson), Tuesday, 12 June 2018 13:20 (five years ago) link
I really hate to make this comparison ever but this is sounding very Kid A and I'm into it
― Simon H., Tuesday, 12 June 2018 13:24 (five years ago) link
it's amazing that The Invisible Way was only two albums ago lol
― Simon H., Tuesday, 12 June 2018 13:25 (five years ago) link
aoty probably
― flamenco blorf (BradNelson), Tuesday, 12 June 2018 13:25 (five years ago) link
:D
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 12 June 2018 13:31 (five years ago) link
whoa
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Tuesday, 12 June 2018 15:02 (five years ago) link
Very excited for this. I thought that Ones and Sixes was a great look for them (especially the colder parts like the first two tracks and "DJ") and am pleased that they seem to have travelled some distance further down that road.
"Quorum" really does sound like Autechre.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 12 June 2018 17:52 (five years ago) link
Going #fullBrad here but aoty. This is amazing.
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 12 June 2018 18:42 (five years ago) link
I've listened to these 4-5 times and I'm just mad we have to wait three months for the rest
― Simon H., Tuesday, 12 June 2018 18:43 (five years ago) link
For real.
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 12 June 2018 18:47 (five years ago) link
Didn't see this coming at all. Awesome music.
― Jeff W, Tuesday, 12 June 2018 19:07 (five years ago) link
There's video too, suitably glitchy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvEozu4Obfs
― Jeff W, Tuesday, 12 June 2018 19:12 (five years ago) link
Sub Pop is offering a pretty good deal for a bundle of their last 5 LPs.
― Simon H., Tuesday, 12 June 2018 19:12 (five years ago) link
holy shit these new songs are amazing. i'm so gutted that the local show for me (leeds, UK) is sold out... though i did see them in LA last year, and briefly met alan. he was sweet.
― meaulnes, Tuesday, 12 June 2018 21:05 (five years ago) link
wowowowowowow
excellent video too
― obviously DLC (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 12 June 2018 22:20 (five years ago) link
when did they turn into Andy Stott?
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 12 June 2018 22:30 (five years ago) link
each of the three are so good in different ways. "dancing in blood" in particular raises goosebumps at times. if they hadn't done anything since trust/great destroyer times, then released this, it would sound like a portishead third kind of return. really refreshing to hear their voices and some of the same guitar tones in a new context
― obviously DLC (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 12 June 2018 22:31 (five years ago) link
Wow. I'm surprised and amazed. These are utterly unexpected, but progress into something that is unmistakably them and really beautiful. Dancing In Blood gave me goosebumps too, then the latter stages of Fly hit and... just wow.
― brain (krakow), Tuesday, 12 June 2018 23:19 (five years ago) link
This is fucking fantastic. Exactly what I've been hoping for from them since 'Drums & Guns'. They're wonderful even when they're just doing what comes naturally, and sometimes amazing with it (i.e. 'Secret Name'). But they're always so exciting when they take the sweet simplicity of their elemental sound and just absolutely fuck with it (i.e. 'Bombscare' EP, 'Drums & Guns').
I've been listening intently for 22 years, and based on these three songs, this has the potential to be their best work yet, at least for ears like mine.
― Soundslike, Wednesday, 13 June 2018 00:07 (five years ago) link
Karl Malone, if you're digging this--the way you're referencing Trust/Great Destroyer as their last great work--did you hear 'Drums & Guns'? If not, you're in for a huge thrill.
― Soundslike, Wednesday, 13 June 2018 00:08 (five years ago) link
If somehow there are folks that don't know the 'Bombscare' EP, it's fantastic and maybe the most direct precursor to the sound of these new tracks, from 18 (!?! I'm old) years ago, and what firmly cemented my love of Low:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRoIbBbJx4U
― Soundslike, Wednesday, 13 June 2018 00:13 (five years ago) link
the bombscare EP is really good! thanks for posting that. it does have a very different sound from their other work around the turn of the century, but i dunno, these new tracks still sound like a different place altogether to me.
i listened to drums & guns exactly in full exactly once, but the last two tracks are the ones i always go back to.
― obviously DLC (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 20:10 (five years ago) link
hasitleaked.com says it has - two and a half months early!?
― StanM, Saturday, 30 June 2018 05:21 (five years ago) link
that's a bummer
― flamenco blorf (BradNelson), Saturday, 30 June 2018 05:23 (five years ago) link
wtf? I remember Invisible Way leaked before it even had a cover or title.
― Simon H., Saturday, 30 June 2018 11:30 (five years ago) link
maybe a daft question how do records even leak anyway. is it always an advance press copy that some naughty journo has uploaded to soulseek?
― meaulnes, Saturday, 30 June 2018 11:41 (five years ago) link
Happens a bunch of different ways, lately I'm guessing the most common is people getting + redeeming download codes early and sharing
anyway I fully intend to buy this when I see them in September so I feel comfortable saying the record is bold and brilliant in all the ways the already-released tracks suggest
― Simon H., Saturday, 30 June 2018 11:46 (five years ago) link
I hope Prins Thomas or Koze or somebody gets their hands on "Disarray"
― Simon H., Saturday, 30 June 2018 12:30 (five years ago) link
yeah well looking forward to manchester cathedral show.
― meaulnes, Saturday, 30 June 2018 12:48 (five years ago) link
really love how "tempest" sounds like my speakers are being fed through a spiralizer
― flamenco blorf (BradNelson), Saturday, 30 June 2018 13:38 (five years ago) link
this is absolutely some portishead third shit
― flamenco blorf (BradNelson), Saturday, 30 June 2018 13:42 (five years ago) link
That's an excellent comparison I should definitely have thought of
― Simon H., Saturday, 30 June 2018 13:46 (five years ago) link
karl brought it up upthread, h/t karl
― flamenco blorf (BradNelson), Saturday, 30 June 2018 13:49 (five years ago) link
*gets to "the son, the sun"* these songs are all black holes vibrating at different frequencies
― flamenco blorf (BradNelson), Saturday, 30 June 2018 13:50 (five years ago) link
Whoa portishead third??? Curious
― Y'all (Ross), Saturday, 30 June 2018 13:51 (five years ago) link
it'd be a shame if "rome (always in the dark)" never gets used in a movie trailer
― lowercase (eric), Sunday, 1 July 2018 16:02 (five years ago) link
anyway this is gorgeous and weirdly feels like an intuitive endpoint, the way the rhythm of "always trying to work it out" pulls everything inward is just mesmerizing
― lowercase (eric), Sunday, 1 July 2018 16:03 (five years ago) link
This thing is so cohesive and flows so expertly that I got too annoyed with the leak's track gaps and had to mix it down to a single 49-minute file before I could let myself relisten
The way the clouds part just long enough for "Dancing And Fire" to peek through relatively unobstructed is *kisses fingers*
― Simon H., Sunday, 1 July 2018 16:11 (five years ago) link
i am so excited to hear the rest! glad to hear that the other songs are just as engaging
― Karl Malone, Sunday, 1 July 2018 16:16 (five years ago) link
trying to decide whether this is samey and overproduced or genius
― meaulnes, Wednesday, 4 July 2018 21:50 (five years ago) link
low is at their best writing pop songs imo
― rip van wanko, Wednesday, 4 July 2018 22:34 (five years ago) link
Not even trying to defend them when I say that complaining that a Low album is "samey" is wild to me, nearly every Low album is them "trying on" a couple sonic ideas and flexing them to various extremes for 40-60 minutes
― Simon H., Wednesday, 4 July 2018 22:51 (five years ago) link
haha yeah fair shout actually simon, my gripe is completely moot. i think it's maybe why, even though i love them to bits, i almost never make it through a full play of their LPs. the second halves are often a drag.
― meaulnes, Wednesday, 4 July 2018 22:54 (five years ago) link