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** The band itself also had this, largely due to the untimely passing of Mimi Parker after losing the battle with Ovarian cancer.
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** ''Secret Name''' and ''Things We Lost in the Fire'' add FolkRock influences to their sound, while still retaining the dronier experimentalism of their previous albums.

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** ''Secret Name''' Name'' and ''Things We Lost in the Fire'' add FolkRock influences to their sound, while still retaining the dronier experimentalism of their previous albums.

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** ''Secret Name''' and ''Things We Lost in the Fire'' add folk rock influences to their sound, while still retaining the dronier experimentalism of their previous albums.

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** ''Secret Name''' and ''Things We Lost in the Fire'' add folk rock FolkRock influences to their sound, while still retaining the dronier experimentalism of their previous albums.



** ''The Great Destroyer'' is basically Low... WITH DISTORTION!

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** ''The Great Destroyer'' is basically Low... WITH DISTORTION!DISTORTION! And for the majority of the time, employs less influence from the PostRock and FolkRock they've been known for, rather opting for a sound akin to '90s AlternativeRock.
** ''Drums and Guns'' is the prototype for what the band would go on to experiment 8 years later with ''Ones and Sixes''.
** ''C'mon'' is the folkier sound of ''Secret Name'' and ''Things We Lost in the Fire'' all over again, but mostly ditches the dronier sounds of those records.
** ''The Invisible Way'' is the polar opposite of ''The Great Destroyer''. They entirely ditch electric instrumentation for most part in favor of a sound more influenced by indie folk.
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** ''Trust'' on the other hand, is literally all of their previous five records combined, and the results are terrifying as it takes influences from genres like industrial (akin to the works of Music/Coil and Music/EinsturzendeNeubauten) and dark ambient.

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** ''Trust'' on the other hand, is literally all of their previous five records combined, and the results are terrifying as it takes influences from genres like industrial (akin to the works of Music/Coil {{Music/Coil}} and Music/EinsturzendeNeubauten) and dark ambient.

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# ''Hey What'' (2021), their final album.

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# ''Hey What'' ''HEY WHAT'' (2021), their final album.



* NewSoundAlbum:

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* NewSoundAlbum: No album of theirs sound the same as the previous one.
** ''Long Division'' heightens up the dose of melancholia that was ever present in ''I Could Live in Hope''.
** ''The Curtain Hits the Cast'' continues the melancholia of their previous two albums but this time with influences from drone music and PostRock.
** ''Secret Name''' and ''Things We Lost in the Fire'' add folk rock influences to their sound, while still retaining the dronier experimentalism of their previous albums.
** ''Trust'' on the other hand, is literally all of their previous five records combined, and the results are terrifying as it takes influences from genres like industrial (akin to the works of Music/Coil and Music/EinsturzendeNeubauten) and dark ambient.
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** ''HEY WHAT'' continues the electronic sound of ''Double Negative'' but mostly relinquishes the bleakness of that record in favor of a more heavenly ambient pop sound.

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* CreatorCouple: Alan & Mimi.



* EpicRocking: "Lullaby", "Down", "Stay", "Laugh", "Do You Know How to Waltz?", "Born by the Wires", "Be There", some of the material on ''The Exit Papers'', "(That's How You Sing) Amazing Grace", "The Lamb", "John Prine", "Shots and Ladders", "Pissing."

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* EpicRocking: "Lullaby", "Down", "Stay", "Laugh", "Do You Know How to Waltz?", "Born by the Wires", "Be There", some of the material on ''The Exit Papers'', "(That's How You Sing) Amazing Grace", "The Lamb", "John Prine", "Shots and Ladders", "Pissing."Pissing", "Hey."
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# ''Hey What'' (2021), their final album released in Parker's lifetime and in general.

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* DroneOfDread: They did a lot of this in their career.
** "Do You Know How to Waltz?" is one of the most obvious example of this, aside from the part with the lyrics, this is entirely made up of wall of guitars and cymbal swells that keep on rising until the end of the song. The live performances of the song, both [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BpaKnhcRXZs this one with the]] Canadian PostRock legends Music/GodspeedYouBlackEmperor and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI5-MuV5NSo their infamous performance on Rock The Garden 2013]] crank this up to eleven.



** The most extreme example the band ever did was actually live, at Rock The Garden 2013. Their [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI5-MuV5NSo immediately controversial set]] during the festival was made up of one song - "Do You Know How To Waltz?" - stretched out to 27 long, droning minutes, and ending with Alan's declaration "drone, not drones."

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** The most extreme example the band ever did was actually live, at Rock The Garden 2013. Their [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI5-MuV5NSo immediately controversial set]] during the festival was made up of one song - "Do You Know How To to Waltz?" - stretched out to 27 long, droning minutes, and ending with Alan's declaration "drone, not drones."
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* FadingIntoTheNextSong:
** "Don't Understand" hard-cuts into "Soon" on ''Secret Name''
** "Sunflower" into "Whitetail", "Dinosaur Act" into "Medicine Magazines" on ''Things We Lost in the Fire''
** "Lies" into "Landslide" on ''Ones and Sixes''
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* LeaveTheCameraRunning: "Born by the Wires" ends with several minutes of a single guitar chord being strummed repeatedly.
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After being diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2020, Mimi [[https://pitchfork.com/news/low-mimi-parker-has-died/https://pitchfork.com/news/low-mimi-parker-has-died/ passed away 5 November 2022]]. And eventually after that [[https://twitter.com/lowtheband/status/1671547134703796231 Sparhawk disbanded the group entirely by stating on Twitter that "Low is and was Mimi, It was amazing. I'm grateful.]]

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After being diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2020, Mimi [[https://pitchfork.com/news/low-mimi-parker-has-died/https://pitchfork.com/news/low-mimi-parker-has-died/ passed away 5 November 2022]]. And eventually after that [[https://twitter.com/lowtheband/status/1671547134703796231 Sparhawk disbanded the group entirely by stating on Twitter that "Low is and was Mimi, It was amazing. I'm grateful.]]
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Low are a Minnesotan AlternativeRock band formed in 1993, chiefly known for being largely the TropeNamer for the silly-titled subgenre {{Slowcore}}.

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Low are were a Minnesotan AlternativeRock band formed in 1993, chiefly known for being largely the TropeNamer for the silly-titled subgenre {{Slowcore}}.



While the bassist position underwent some changes, and the band later moved towards experimentation with electronic music, Low's music is largely centered around some easily identifiable traits:

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While the bassist position underwent some changes, and the band later moved towards experimentation with electronic music, Low's music is was largely centered around some easily identifiable traits:



After being diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2020, Mimi [[https://pitchfork.com/news/low-mimi-parker-has-died/https://pitchfork.com/news/low-mimi-parker-has-died/ passed away 5 November 2022]].

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After being diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2020, Mimi [[https://pitchfork.com/news/low-mimi-parker-has-died/https://pitchfork.com/news/low-mimi-parker-has-died/ passed away 5 November 2022]].
2022]]. And eventually after that [[https://twitter.com/lowtheband/status/1671547134703796231 Sparhawk disbanded the group entirely by stating on Twitter that "Low is and was Mimi, It was amazing. I'm grateful.]]



# ''Hey What'' (2021), their final album released in Parker's lifetime.

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# ''Hey What'' (2021), their final album released in Parker's lifetime.
lifetime and in general.
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# ''Hey What'' (2021)
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They have made the following albums (along with the requisite bunch of [=EPs=] and singles):

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They have made the following albums (along with the requisite bunch of !!!Album discography (not counting [=EPs=] and singles):



** The most extreme example the band ever did was actually live, at Rock The Garden 2013. Their immediately controversial set during the festival was made up of one song - "Do You Know How To Waltz?" - stretched out to 27 long, droning minutes, and ending with Alan's declaration "drone, not drones."

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** The most extreme example the band ever did was actually live, at Rock The Garden 2013. Their [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI5-MuV5NSo immediately controversial set set]] during the festival was made up of one song - "Do You Know How To Waltz?" - stretched out to 27 long, droning minutes, and ending with Alan's declaration "drone, not drones."



* NewSoundAlbum: ''The Great Destroyer'' is basically Low... WITH DISTORTION!

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* NewSoundAlbum: NewSoundAlbum:
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''The Great Destroyer'' is basically Low... WITH DISTORTION!



* VocalTagTeam: Alan and Mimi just love harmonizing.

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* ThreeChordsAndTheTruth: A variation. Low's compositions are often simple, minimal and slow, with bare-bones production to match, and a major emphasis on space. To simplify it even more, Mimi Parker was fond of using a drum kit consisting of only floor toms and cymbals. This vibe lessened a bit over time, especially once the band got into electronic instrumentation.
* VocalTagTeam: Alan and Mimi just love loved harmonizing.
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After being diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2020, Mimi [[https://pitchfork.com/news/low-mimi-parker-has-died/https://pitchfork.com/news/low-mimi-parker-has-died/ passed away 5 November 2022]].
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* CoverVersion: "You Are My Sunshine", "Transmission" by Music/JoyDivision, "Jack Smith" by the Supreme Dicks, "Down by the River" by Music/NeilYoung, "Heartbeat" by Music/{{Wire}}, "I Started a Joke" by Music/TheBeeGees, "Long Long Long" by Music/TheBeatles, "Lord, Can You Hear Me?" by Music/{{Spacemen 3}}, "Back Home Again" by Music/JohnDenver, "Open Arms" by Music/{{Journey}}, "Surfer Girl" by Music/TheBeachBoys, "Blowin' in the Wind" by Music/BobDylan, "...I Love" by Tom Hall, "Carnival Queen" by Music/{{Jandek}}, "Fearless" by Music/PinkFloyd, "Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me" by Music/TheSmiths... and those are just the ones on their studio releases and ''A Lifetime of Temporary Relief''. All of said songs are [[RearrangeTheSong transformed to fit the band's signature style]].

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* CoverVersion: "You Are My Sunshine", "Transmission" by Music/JoyDivision, "Jack Smith" by the Supreme Dicks, "Down by the River" by Music/NeilYoung, "Heartbeat" by Music/{{Wire}}, "I Started a Joke" by Music/TheBeeGees, "Long Long Long" by Music/TheBeatles, "Lord, Can You Hear Me?" by Music/{{Spacemen 3}}, "Back Home Again" by Music/JohnDenver, "Open Arms" by Music/{{Journey}}, Music/{{Journey|Band}}, "Surfer Girl" by Music/TheBeachBoys, "Blowin' in the Wind" by Music/BobDylan, "...I Love" by Tom Hall, "Carnival Queen" by Music/{{Jandek}}, "Fearless" by Music/PinkFloyd, "Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me" by Music/TheSmiths... and those are just the ones on their studio releases and ''A Lifetime of Temporary Relief''. All of said songs are [[RearrangeTheSong transformed to fit the band's signature style]].
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This is now Just For Fun, and should not be listed as a trope.


* NewSoundAlbum / RecycledInSpace: ''The Great Destroyer'' is basically Low... WITH DISTORTION!

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* NewSoundAlbum / RecycledInSpace: NewSoundAlbum: ''The Great Destroyer'' is basically Low... WITH DISTORTION!
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1) He is no longer current. 2) Renders as "IN SPACE!" instead of "INSPACE".


# ''C'mon'' (2011), their first album with current bassist Steve Garrington

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# ''C'mon'' (2011), their first album with current bassist Steve Garrington



* NewSoundAlbum / RecycledINSPACE: ''The Great Destroyer'' is basically Low... WITH DISTORTION!

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* NewSoundAlbum / RecycledINSPACE: RecycledInSpace: ''The Great Destroyer'' is basically Low... WITH DISTORTION!
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* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: They usually get stuck between a 1 and 2. They've been edging upwards somewhat since ''Things We Lost in the Fire''.
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* CoverVersion: "You Are My Sunshine", "Transmission" by Music/JoyDivision, "Jack Smith" by the Supreme Dicks, "Down by the River" by Music/NeilYoung, "Heartbeat" by Music/{{Wire}}, "I Started a Joke" by Music/TheBeeGees, "Long Long Long" by Music/TheBeatles, "Lord, Can You Hear Me?" by Music/{{Spacemen 3}}, "Back Home Again" by Music/JohnDenver, "Open Arms" by Music/{{Journey}}, "Surfer Girl" by Music/TheBeachBoys, "Blowin' in the Wind" by Music/BobDylan, "...I Love" by Tom Hall, "Carnival Queen" by Jandek, "Fearless" by Music/PinkFloyd, "Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me" by Music/TheSmiths... and those are just the ones on their studio releases and ''A Lifetime of Temporary Relief''. All of said songs are [[RearrangeTheSong transformed to fit the band's signature style]].

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* CoverVersion: "You Are My Sunshine", "Transmission" by Music/JoyDivision, "Jack Smith" by the Supreme Dicks, "Down by the River" by Music/NeilYoung, "Heartbeat" by Music/{{Wire}}, "I Started a Joke" by Music/TheBeeGees, "Long Long Long" by Music/TheBeatles, "Lord, Can You Hear Me?" by Music/{{Spacemen 3}}, "Back Home Again" by Music/JohnDenver, "Open Arms" by Music/{{Journey}}, "Surfer Girl" by Music/TheBeachBoys, "Blowin' in the Wind" by Music/BobDylan, "...I Love" by Tom Hall, "Carnival Queen" by Jandek, Music/{{Jandek}}, "Fearless" by Music/PinkFloyd, "Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me" by Music/TheSmiths... and those are just the ones on their studio releases and ''A Lifetime of Temporary Relief''. All of said songs are [[RearrangeTheSong transformed to fit the band's signature style]].

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