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Low’s career spans about 15 years to date but they remain one of America’s most consistently interesting and engaging ‘underground’ rock groups. This feat is achieved in no small part due to their willingness and ability to vary their style and approach whilst remaining faithful to their overall musical vision. ‘Drums and Guns’ is no exception: significantly different from its predecessor ‘The Great Destroyer’ (which was in itself a marked change from ‘Trust’); you will find no loud, brash guitar work here. The mood of the album is resolutely downbeat, the songs are mostly dark and moody and the band use a greater degree of drum programming than ever before; sparse, scratchy beats underpin the organ-driven‘Breaker’, the heavy bass of ‘Always Fade’ and underly Mimi’s clear vocals on ‘Belarus’. Distorted guitars and a semi-industrial beat mark ‘Dragonfly’s’ lament to drug addiction, whilst the magnificent closing track, ‘Violent Past’, stuns with great slabs of layered distorted guitar noise, powerful yet melodic at the same time. Lyrically, the record is exceptionally mature. There is anger and pain in the songs but Low are careful to avoid didacticism. ‘Blood spills and spills/but here we sit debating math’ (Breaker) and ‘where would you go if the gun fell in your hand? (Sandinista) are two good examples. It is an exaggeration to say that ‘Drums and Guns’ is Low’s best album; I am not convinced that there is a stone-cold classic track here (with the possible exception of ‘Violent Past’), but viewed as a whole it is a dense, challenging and extremely intelligent record which cements Low’s status as one of the most vital bands in the world today.Read full review
An articulate album.. I heard a track remix via Microsoft Zune & enjoyed it so bought the disc .. the guys have something to say & it's good n bad but overall valueable in content .. I do not often praise Current albums .. but this is worth the effort .. what is it like? .. Different, American & East Coast ... Sorted
excellent wonderfully obscure band who are listed as influences a by a great number of bands,..........................................................
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