Things We Lost In The Fire

Loved this. The dreamiest of indie dream pop. I could sit in this vibe forever. Rating: 5 Playlist track: Sunflower Date listened: 15/12/24

Absolutely beautiful album, I love Low and this is probably my favourite album of theirs. Easy 5 stars, thanks to whoever added this one.

I'm a Minnesota guy so these are my people, and I always liked Low. I last saw them live in the early 2000s, actually might have been touring this album? Very sad to hear Mimi Parker's lovely voice and be reminded of her absolutely tragic, far too early death. This goddamn world.

I do a horrible job of keeping up with the user albums, but I still check regularly, and as someone that was only really familiar with their final album, the tragic passing of Mimi, and recently saw Alan perform live (opening for GY!BE), I’ve been meaning to check out their earlier stuff and I’m glad you got me to do it!

Not the Low album I would have picked (that being I Could Live In Hope, or even Double Negative), but then they don’t have a bad pick! Glad to revisit this once more 🙏

This was really excellent. Haunting and elegant, if a bit slow moving at times. Fave Songs: Like a Forest, In Metal, Sunflower, Dinosaur Act, Whitetail, Laser Beam

I'd heard of Low when one of their members passed away, unfortunately. I briefly checked out "HEY WHAT" after, because I found the name funny, but didn't dig more beyond that. This is right up my alley. I think the one thing holding me back from shouting praise from the rooftops is it's a little one-lane. There aren't any real heavy tracks here, and that's clearly by design. It's slow, thoughtful. It's very good. Call it a 4.5. Favorite tracks: "July", "Sunflower", "In Metal"

In the right setting, this slow, harmonious, quiet, and deliberate album is just perfect. Dark, but beautiful in its minimalism

This is really nice. When I saw "Low" the first thing that came to me was that song by Cracker, although I couldn't remember who sang it or whether the song was called that or the band, so that was what I was expecting going in. Thank goodness it wasn't that. This is mellow, somber, melancholic, and beautiful. Will listen again. 4 stars.

Beautifully sparce but driving sounds with a grundgey backbone

Low is one of those bands who I constantly do a disservice to by not remembering how excellent and varied their discography is. While I prefer the more experimental, uptempo outings as of late, this band always LPs straight from the heart – there's not a second on this album that doesn't feel genuine and crafted with care. Nice to hear a band out there that's still making music for music's sake, great add!

Truly great indie rock album. All songs are beautiful and Sunflower is sublime.

A band I knew by name, but hadn't listened to a full album by. A worthy addition to the list; the only surprise is that it wasn't there already. Sounds slightly out of time, in relation to the rock music that was charting around the same time, but has a timeless quality as a result.

I was familiar with Low from their 1999 Christmas album. I love the song “Just Like Christmas.” This album was much more down - had a very depressing tone. Still, I did like it overall. Just not the best music for playing at the gym.

Get low with Low

I really like this- laid back, pensive and low-key music. Dare I say Post rock? I'll listen to this again.

Whilst American indie rock is to the listener list as 1967-1970 rock is to the main list, this still felt like a decent addition, and was a much easier hour than I anticipated

Now this is the right type of music for someone who just had their heart broken. Melancholy dream pop that’s vaguely sad but still easy to listen to.

Rating: 6/10

A very chill little album that was quite beautiful but did not leave a huge impression on me. May be a tougher nut to crack.

Slow and depressing. How I like 'em.

Hmm

Eh, average. 3/5.

Not sure how this would be justified as a worthy of the list. It is easily approachable, but ultimately just pleasant and uneventful. Somewhat peaceful background music, but i didn't really find much engagement.

Yeah, pretty good

Yea, not bad

The whole album, I thought something was missing. But at the end, on "In Metal", I heard what I was waiting for all along. Some build-up and a bit of 'schwung' as we like to say here.

Slowcore, dream pop. Rollo. Un 2.

It started out pretty interesting, but as it progressed I lost it. Just like the name of the band is LOW, and it even seems like music that invites you to relax and sleep.

It's very low

I get that the plod of the thing gets across the heavy emotions and such, but this album tired me more than anything else.

A tense and harrowing album compared to most. The soft indie style works for the album as the lyrics are dark and the singers present it well. Overall this isn’t an album that I really enjoyed or would want to listen to again. But pretty decent. 5.0/10

Hmmm... not really what I thought I expected from an indie album, but I guess that's the point. Whitetail didn't really do a whole lot for me. And it didn't really seem to get much better from there.

So so

Sounded a lot like the small band that plays at a bar late at night in a small town. That can be a good or a bad thing depending on the mood.

I wish I could get into this one but I just could not. Slow and boring

Had to pause this and I don’t think I’ll be going back. Droning chill alternative for alternative’s sake is what I feel like