Low Long Division on clear Genius slowcore OOP rare

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This is the classic Low album "Long Division". This copy is on clear vinyl, was limited, and is way out of print and difficult to find. The label that put out the vinyl (Genius Records) is totally defunct and this is likely to stay out of print. It took me a while to find it. The record is in good used shape but does have some minor shelf-wear on the sleeve. I love this record, you will too. But you probably already do if you're looking at this listing.

I'm also selling the rare split CD with low and the Dirty Three. Not the "in the fishtank" cd (that's still in print, I think) but the one song split with the cardboard sleeve.See my other auctions.

Detailed item info

Track listing 1. Violence
2. Below & Above
3. Shame
4. Throw Out the Line
5. Swingin'
6. See Through
7. Turn
8. Caroline
9. Alone
10. Streetlight
11. Stay
12. Take

Details Producer: Kramer Distributor: n/a Recording type: Studio Recording mode: Stereo SPAR Code: n/a
Album notes Low: Alan Sparhawk (vocals, guitar); Zak Sally (bass); Mimi Parker (drums, background vocals).
Personnel: Alan (vocals, guitar); Mimi (vocals, percussion); Kramer (Mellotron).
For its second album, LONG-DIVISION, Low drops the tone considerably from the band's previous outing. Each note seems to exist in its own vacuum, reverberating until it fades out. Far sparer than anything else one is likely to hear under the guise of "alternative music," this record is all about negative space--how each sound reminds you of the silence it replaces. This time around, new bass player Zak Sally, who replaced John Nichols, joins Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker.
When the record opens with the shimmering guitar notes of "Violence," and Sparhawk sings "Wasted good silverware on you," it comes off not as the insult you'd expect, but rather as a one of saddest things you've ever heard. Another standout track is "Streetlight." Though less than a minute long, the song's simple guitar line and four-line lyric paint an astonishingly vivid picture--the kind that other artists seem to expend three times the effort to create. Low's lyrical ability at understatement is matched by the group's sparse music--one shiny guitar, a warm bass, and Parker's two piece drum kit. Nothing else is necessary. This record defines late-night, all-alone music.

Editorial reviews ...Low are saying much more with less than perhaps any other major alternative band. They may get a lot of people to shelve weary notions about tempo and temperament while they bring new complexities to age-old dilemmas of the blood and spirit.
Alternative Press  (08/01/1995)

4 stars (out of 5) - ...LONG DIVISION remains compellingly comprehensible.
Q  (04/01/1997)

...there's much more to Low than art house mannerisms and Galaxie 500-flavored production. This Kramer-produced album lives up to the implications of its title: ponderous, indefinite, drawn out and, ultimately bewildering...
Option  (09/01/1995)

...there's much more to Low than art house mannerisms and Galaxie 500-flavored production. This Kramer-produced album lives up to the implications of its title: ponderous, indefinite, drawn out and, ultimately bewildering...
Option  (09/01/1995)

...Low are saying much more with less than perhaps any other major alternative band. They may get a lot of people to shelve weary notions about tempo and temperament while they bring new complexities to age-old dilemmas of the blood and spirit.
Alternative Press  (08/01/1995)


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