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Share Your Thoughts Here for CrossFade’s Low Retrospective
🕑 Added 2022-11-16 16:00:10 +0000 UTCWe were just talking about the Duluth, MN-based indie rock band Low on CrossFade days before the passing of co-founder/drummer/vocalist Mimi Parker in early November. Since Matt is such a big fan of Low and Jason doesn’t know their music at all, our next episode of CrossFade will be a short retrospective on the group and Mimi’s contributions to it.
Matt put together a Spotify playlist of Low’s music for our discussion, and you can listen along at this link: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2XvYeoVFqsiKKcQIcSQO66?si=c23db47cf12349f5
Whether you know Low or you’re learning about them with us, we want to hear your thoughts. Leave a question or thought about Low, Mimi Parker, or just about anything on this post by Thursday, Nov. 17 at noon CST, when we’ll be collecting questions for reading on the show.
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Comments
Chris Whitfeld
My first Low album was Double Negative, which was a musical ephiphany for me. It felt akin to hearing distorted guitars for the first time; truly stretching what I thought was possible in music (see Tempest or Always Trying to Work It Out). Since then I have been working my way backwards through their releases and I'm consistently blown away by the strength of the songwriting in lieu of the recent experimental production. Saddened by the news of Mimi's passing, but what an inspiring body of work she has left us with!
I was very shocked and saddened to see the news of Mimi’s passing. Low is perhaps my favorite “slowcore” (or whatever) band. Her vocals in “In Metal” always get me, as she captures the intensity of the love and devotion that a parent has for their newborn child (and I don’t even have kids). She will be missed and I’ll never forget how her music has impacted me.
Hunter Sax
I had the opportunity to see them live when Double Negative was released. Watching Mimi play and sing Lies in person was absolutely one of the most haunting and beautiful performances I've seen.
SuperMediocreMan
Matt, as a music head in Minnesota, how early did you discover Low? What were their earlier shows like? As a huge, but relatively recent Low fan, I got to see them live just this year. I had no idea it would be one of Mimi’s final shows. It was a brilliant show in a very small college venue. They were very kind people that did not mind that they were probably too big and important to be there. They even signed my CD copy of HEY WHAT, which was my favorite record last year, and one of my favorite records of all time. They played it front to back, which was so surprising. The band and all their music has meant so much to me over the handful of years I knew them. Her passing hit me real hard. RIP Mimi.
