Low: The Invisible Way

You’re lucky to get one bona fide classic out of a band in a career, but between 1999 and 2002, minimalist Minnesotan trio Low delivered three in Secret Name, Things We Lost in the Fire and Trust. These astonishing records include some of the best music of both the nineties and the noughties.

Indeed, the highly prolific Mormons have yet to make anything that could be considered a dud and The Invisible Way finds them as potent as ever. This time out, there are three new essential ingredients – piano, lots of Mimi Parker’s delicate vocals (Alan Sparhawk taking a back seat and letting his wife assume control) and Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy on production duties.
The result is the Mimi bonanza that Low fans have been patiently waiting for. A beautiful album, The Invisible Way should finally shake off those clichés about slowcore and install Low as Duluth’s most influential musicians atfer Bob Dylan. Yep, they’re that good.