Point Of Disgust…

Cada vegada és més difícil gaudir de la música sense artificis o guarniments innecessaris. Al escoltar qualsevol ràdio musical ens en podem adonar que estris com el “vocoder”, son presents en gran part de les cançons que escoltem a diari.

Amb la música passa com amb la cirurgia estètica o amb el “Photoshop”, tot s’unifica, tots fan les mateixes cares i tot sona igual, no hi ha lloc per a la naturalitat ni pels matisos. S’imposa una moda i no hi ha manera de sortir d’aquesta trampa per a l’expressió lliure creativa.

Evidentment, si algú es desmarca massa de les etiquetes prefixades és ignorat i marginat per allò que anomenen “l’industria discogràfica”. Del grup dels exclosos, sense cap mena de dubte us suggereixo l’enorme banda de Duluth (Minessotta) “Low”, compleixen totes les condicions per a ser ignorats pels generadors i distribuïdors de “hits”.

M’agrada molt aquest grup, no son gens guapos ni joves, la seva música és senzilla i directa, no hi ha lloc per a artificis o notes innecessàries, no treuen un disc cada any, les seves lletres son molt treballades i espirituals, que més se’ls hi pot demanar?.

En un moment on la música cada vegada és menys música, quan la pirotècnia triomfa sobre lo essencial, jo us suggereixo que escolteu aquesta bonica i senzilla cançó, és una mostra de com sovint menys és més i el virtuosisme no te res a fer davant la sensibilitat i la contenció.

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Point Of Disgust

Once I was lost to the point of disgust
I had in my sight
Lack of vision, lack of light
I have hard, I have fast
Mercy me, never last

Then in the dust, all the things we discussed
Were thrown to the wind
So at last, we begin
‘Cause we fall hard, we fall fast
Mercy me, never last

Low, “Especially Me”

LOW

“Especially Me”

Cry me a river
So I can float over to you
The bearer to deliver the news
I’m over the moon
And underfoot
All these elixirs would be moot

‘Cause if we knew where we belong
There’d be no doubt where we’re from
But as it stands, we don’t have a clue
Especially me and probably you

You’ve fallen in a slumber
Just wake one more time
To miss or put asunder
Would be a crime
Some songs feel like butter
Some songs sound like cake
This little number is for your sake

‘Cause if we knew where we belong
There’d be no doubt where we’re from
But as it stands, we don’t have a clue
Especially me and probably you

‘Cause if we knew where we belong
There’d be no doubt where we’re from
But as it stands, we all need the truth
Especially me and probably you
Definitely you

Nou vídeo de Low i actuacions a Europa.

Aquí teniu més informació sobre la gira europea de Low i un enllaç cap el primer vídeo oficial del nou disc C’mon.

I sí, venen a Barcelona, es pot demanar més?. Potser un preu normal, oi?. Doncs res de res, cal una hipoteca per pagar l’entrada al Primavera Sound, que hi farem…

Hello Friends,

C’mon is out this week on Sub Pop Records.

For those who purchase the CD or LP this week at select record stores you’ll receive a bonus 5-song C’mon Acoustic EP (as long as supplies last), made up of stripped-down versions of the album tracks “Try to Sleep,” Witches,” “Done,” “$20,” and “Nightingale”. They’ll be available in these shops in the UK – Rough Trade, Jumbo Records, Rise, Norman Records, Resident, as well as select stores in Italy, Spain, Benelux, France, Canada, Australia, and Norway.

We launched a video for “Try To Sleep”. You can check it out on chairkickers.com.

Low will be touring UK and Europe this May and June, stay tuned for more European announcements soon:

Monday May 16 – Queens Social Club – Sheffield, UK – Tickets
Tuesday May 17 – Classic Grand – Glasgow, UK – Tickets
Wednesday May 18 -The Sage Gateshead – Gateshead, UK – Tickets
Thursday May 19 – Club Academy – Manchester, UK – Tickets
Friday May 20 – Trinity – Bristol, UK – Tickets
Saturday May 21 – Botanique -Les Nuits du Botanique – Brussels, Belgium – Tickets
Monday May 23 – Doornroosje – Nijmegen, Holland – Tickets
Tuesday May 24 – Catharina Church – Eindhoven, Holland – Tickets
Wednesday May 25 – Bataclan – Paris, France ** – Tickets
Friday May 27 – Primavera Sound-ATP Stage – Barcelona, Spain – Tickets
Monday May 30 – Lido – Berlin, Germany – Tickets
Tuesday May 31 – Knust – Hamburg, Germany – Tickets
Wednesday June 1 – Gebaude 9 – Koln, Germany – Tickets
Friday June 3 – Barbican – London, UK – Tickets

**with Mercury Rev