8th February, 2022: Low - Things We Lost in the Fire (slowcore, 2001)
My newfound love of Low is starting to creep backwards into their slowcore era, which I had
only really heard I Should Live in Hope from previously. This is a great, slow burning
record, that actually seems to know when to speed up every now and then - slowcore’s greatest
asset is also arguably its greatest flaw, at least in longer records. There are actually some
quite sweet and uplifting melodies here, piercing through the melancholy and lethargy, and I
think perhaps with a bit of time I could find myself preferring this to their debut.
6.8 (3rd listen)
Part of my listening diary from my facebook music blog -
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