Low
By All Music Guide
By All Music Guide
After re-entering the studio with Kramer, Low emerged with their 1994 debut, I Could Live in Hope, a beautiful set spotlighting the trios hauntingly minimal aesthetic -- even Parkers drum set consisted only of a snare and a hi-hat. Nichols exited the group prior to 1995s lovely Long Division, recorded with new bassist Zak Sally; a subsequent appearance on the Joy Division tribute A Means to an End was later expanded into the following years Transmission EP, a five-track set also featuring a rendition of Supreme Dicks Jack Smith. With new producer Steve Fisk, Low returned later in 1996 with The Curtain Hits the Cast. The Songs for a Dead Pilot EP followed in 1997 and marked their debut for Kranky, where they released such critically acclaimed albums as 1999s Secret Name and 2001s Things We Lost in the Fire. The late 90s also saw them issue Owl (Low Remixes) and the Christmas mini-album, which featured a cover of Little Drummer Boy that became a minor hit when it was featured in The Gaps holiday season commercials in 2000. The bands brilliant Things We Lost in the Fire arrived in 2001, with the darker, more subdued Trust coming the following year. Two years later, the B-sides/rare tracks collection A Lifetime of Temporary Relief appeared on Lows own Chairkickers Music imprint. For their seventh full-length album, 2005s The Great Destroyer, the group moved to Sub Pop.
