The "Slowcore" thread

by **Velcro Bottom** » Tue Nov 08, 2022 10:16 am

Aw, man, I hadn't heard about Mimi either. What a voice.

by **D.o.S.** » Tue Nov 08, 2022 2:21 pm

Gutting. I never really hear people talk about my favourite Low record (Thrust) or my favourite Low song, but this Peel session version really shows of Mimi's vocals, even if the studio version is 'better'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrhobIwTVqQ

by **LaoWiz** » Wed Nov 09, 2022 2:31 pm

Man putting this together is giving me the chills. I haven't gotten into their past 3 or 4 albums

Here's my favorite Low:

I didn't hear this one until 2008. That year I spent a month or two in New Orleans working and this was on constant rotation as I drove around that city:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbCF2OqZOfE

And fuck, have to add this live version here, fuck:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku0D3cDoAkY

Witches was on constant rotation when I was on another job in Boston in 2011 or so. I remember listening to this album, C'mon, along with PJ Harvey's Let England Shake and Sonic Youth's soundtrack Simon Werner a Disparu on repeat during the summer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avqTTGsciYY

These tracks off Drums and Guns were on constant rotation when this album came out. I haven't listened to Violent Past or Murderer in many years. Crushing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DMhRCbzPm0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJmdkstwVhc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qV7Me3K9i-Q

Beautiful:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stvikojJ5AA

Epic:
Dinosaur Act
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpnb3whTjLI

The Curtain Hits the Cast was my first Low experience. Pure beauty:

The Plan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epxr7JD3OOM

Over the Ocean
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHrfvMQtsoM

I'll end with these:

California
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY7SfVfJzvk

Walk Into the Sea
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiMFGIsw1lM

Nothing but Heart - I have probably blasted the opening of this song a million times. Especially when I was in Boston working as mentioned above. The job was lame so I remember the opening of this song was the first thing I would listen to in the morning during the commute. I have always wondered what pedal he is using for the opening. I have never built a Fuzz Factory or played a Great Destroyer but that's what I am guessing.

The whole song is an absolute banger. It just builds and builds and builds. For me this might be their best song. There's so many good ones but this one is so powerful to me, so uplifting, the end-all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7Aob1JP3Ss

This breaks my heart. Their music has so much passion, heartache, love. Full of fucking life. Rest in piece, Mimi.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lchC5sQepqE

by **Chankgeez** » Sun Nov 13, 2022 2:33 pm

Excellent post, LaoWiz. :thumb:

by **Dowi** » Tue Nov 15, 2022 8:42 am

I think Laowiz laid it down in the perfect way. Most of these tracks are also my favorites, i'd just add Silver Rider from The Great Destroyer 'cause it's the song that introduced Low to me.

by **manymanyhaha** » Fri Nov 18, 2022 1:13 pm

Agreed Laowiz, that's a great list.

I always loved Secret Name, from top to bottom it's my favorite of theirs though I love them all. Two-step is, to my brain, one of the most beautiful songs ever

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNPOIwMTYrM

This one is really sad for me, she was a really nice person too. Or at least they were to me. I did not know them but had a couple small conversations with them after shows in the later 90's and they were very giving of their time and thoughts. I also love the way they took chances, pushed their music a bit, they weren't stagnant. The last couple records were especially so. I feel for Alan, he must be devastated.

by **LaoWiz** » Mon Nov 21, 2022 12:56 am

Chankgeez wrote:Excellent post, LaoWiz.

Dowi wrote:I think Laowiz laid it down in the perfect way. Most of these tracks are also my favorites, i'd just add Silver Rider from The Great Destroyer 'cause it's the song that introduced Low to me.

I just listened to Silver Rider in the car. This one and tons of other Low I need to sink back into. They are one of those bands that I don't usually listen to full albums of and tend to focus on a select through. This track is amazing, there are so many others too.

manymanyhaha wrote:Agreed Laowiz, that's a great list.

I always loved Secret Name, from top to bottom it's my favorite of theirs though I love them all. Two-step is, to my brain, one of the most beautiful songs ever

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNPOIwMTYrM

This one is really sad for me, she was a really nice person too. Or at least they were to me. I did not know them but had a couple small conversations with them after shows in the later 90's and they were very giving of their time and thoughts. I also love the way they took chances, pushed their music a bit, they weren't stagnant. The last couple records were especially so. I feel for Alan, he must be devastated.

I listened to Two-Step right after listening to Silver Rider (above). Such a good song. That's so awesome you were able to meet them. They seem like they would be just really genuine kind souls. In the early fall of 1993, the band I was in went on a short tour to the midwest and east coast. At some point we played a show in Duluth at like a ballet studio or something. I think there were some kids there but not many people paying attention. But I vaguely remember the person who set up the show being just slightly older than us and being kind and a white dude. It's a blurred memory but I like to think it was Alan who put on the show.