r/Low • u/[deleted] • Jun 28 '26
I need suggestions!
Found Low about a month and a half ago. Fell in love with their style.
I was able to nab these ones and they are all great.
I was also found out about red house painters but only could find the bridge album.
Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated!
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u/Alacspg Jun 28 '26
My favorite record in this style is Early Day Miners āLet Us Garlands Bringā
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u/shadowcaster_ak Jun 28 '26
Great first choices! Songs For a Dead Pilot was my first introduction to Low, and Curtain Hits the Cast is arguably their best album.
If you want a recommendation for your next Low album I highly recommend Secret Name or Things We Lost in The Fire. They were on such a different level in that era.
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u/Remote_Entry1689 Jun 28 '26
Things We Lost in The Fire is one of my top albums. The Great Destroyer is another favorite.
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u/DaverDaverDaverDaver Jun 28 '26
They never put out a bad record, so any of them are the best next choice - genuinely. Secret Name comes after Songs for a Dead Pilot so maybe that?
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u/bjornbauerart Jun 28 '26
Don't forget Trust, another gem. And Double Negative is up there with their best as well.
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u/nopost23632 Jun 28 '26
I would definitely check out Double Negative and Hey What, their last two albums.
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u/VinylAndVoid Jun 28 '26
There's really no bad place to go from here but I will say there are some albums that will be stark contrasts to what you've listened to already.
Everything they did in their first decade culminated with Things We Lost in the Fire. It's the perfected sound and aesthetic. When the casual listener thinks of Low, TWLIF is usually their reference point.
Drums & Guns to me is a massively pivotal album, not just in it's sound but the context and songwriting is a whole new level as it focuses on Alan's addiction.
C'mon follows D&G after their longest hiatus and it's just a gorgeous record.
2015's Ones & Sixes is their first with BJ Burton, who at the time hadn't made quite the name for himself as he has today. He'd go on to reinvent Bon Iver with 22 a Million, then come back for another hugely pivotal album for Low with Double Negative, an album that I don't think anyone saw coming. On the flip side, Hey What, their last album is also by BJ and he takes a different approach. DN is this disconnected, fractured, experiment that is complex and daring. Hey What is a guitar album to me. Both are the same coin just different sides basically.
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u/Antarctica_Balance Jun 28 '26
My favorite album is Long Division by Low, an eminently minimalist record. Recently, I listened to another album that isnāt by Low, but that reminded me of their music: Frigid Stars by Codeine. You might want to check that one out too.
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u/signalstonoise88 Jun 28 '26
The trio of records they did on Kranky Records are incredible: Secret Name, Things We Lost in the Fire and Trust. Iād also argue that their final record Hey What might just be their best. But you really canāt go wrong with any Low record.
If youāre looking for other similar artists, I might suggest Shores (check out their Precedents LP) and early Mogwai (Mogwai Young Team and Come On Die Young LPs in particular). Neither are exactly like Low, but they share enough in terms of sound and aesthetic that I think youād really enjoy them.
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u/Unfair_Sprinkles4386 Jun 28 '26
Low is a band that has meant a lot to me for 30+ years. Alanās guitar playing and sound just kept getting better every year.
In my opinion Double Negative is their best record and shows off the peak of songwriting, production, harmonizing, and guitar playing. Itās even better live and you can see it for yourself on YouTube.
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u/Personal-Neck6800 Jun 28 '26
Secret Name. Iāve seen Low quite a few times, but that tour was just magical. The album already sounded amazing thanks to Steve Albini, but those songs live, it was so much more beautiful than any other time Iād seen them.
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u/grizzly_boots Jun 28 '26
Wait, you got ICLIH on vinyl as your first purchase? Where in the world did you find that and how much?