Double Negative
by Low
- Type: Album
- Released: 14 September 2018
- Label: Sub Pop
- Country: United States
- Length: 48:49
- Community rating: 4.06/5 from 21 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
On 'Double Negative', Low radically deconstructs their established sound, collaborating with producer B.J. Burton to create an abrasive and experimental electronic landscape defined by static, distortion, and ruptured noise. The signature vocal harmonies of Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker remain central, often emerging from or battling against the overwhelming sonic textures to convey themes of contemporary anxiety, despair, and the search for hope in a turbulent world. This brazenly experimental work stands as one of the band's most significant and challenging recordings, a visceral sonic reflection of societal and political instability.
Genres
Descriptors: electronic, experimental, noisy, industrial, minimalist, ambient, atmospheric, distorted, slow
Tracklist
- Quorum (03:42)
- Dancing and Blood (06:22)
- Fly (05:48)
- Tempest (04:48)
- Always Up (05:28)
- Always Trying to Work It Out (03:55)
- The Son, The Sun (03:30)
- Dancing and Fire (04:17)
- Poor Sucker (03:35)
- Rome (Always in the Dark) (03:32)
- Disarray (03:52)
Credits
- Alan Sparhawk - band, songwriter, music by, composer, lyricist, group member
- Mimi Parker - band, songwriter, music by, composer, lyricist, group member
- Steve Garrington - band, songwriter, music by, composer, group member
- Maaike Van Der Linde - bass flute
- Peter Liversidge - artwork, photography by [photos by]
- David Kramer - design [with editing assistance and design from]
- Brett Bullion - engineer [assistant engineers]
- Zach Hanson - engineer [assistant engineers]
- Tom Herbers - engineer [live sound]
- Robin Harris - management
- Scary Monsters Management - management
- BJ Burton - producer [produced by], recorded by, mixed by, mastered by
- Matt Silcox - tour manager