Low Solo

Good news for those of you, like me, who are long-time fans of Low or saw him played guitar live, Alan Sparhawk the frontman of Low has released a solo project simply called Solo Guitar. The record will be available in August but you can already buy it here. This is what the press releases say:

“Solo Guitar is the album length debut from Alan Sparhawk of the minimalist-indie-pop band Low. Listeners expecting the rock & roll element Sparhawk’s recently become known for with the Black-Eyed Snakes will be surprise to hear guitar exploration in the vein of “Do You Know How to Waltz?” or “Will the Night.” Guitar sounds influenced by underground stars like Aarktica & Reynols as well as guitar heroes like Eddie Van Halen.

The entire album was recorded live using guitar loops & reverb allowing a greater immediacy & improvisation to the guitar work than a more orchestrated approach would allow. Without the constraints of working with any sounds not at the control of his hands or feet, Sparhawk is able to push his guitar to fill the entire audio spectrum. The songs begin with single notes that often build up to be larger than an orchestra playing Ligeti. The disc shows both sides of guitar drone, the aggression of playing a guitar by beating it with a fist & the inherit peacefulness in a heavily reverbed slow crescendo.”

• Visit: http://www.silbermedia.com/alansparhawk/

• Listen: Alan Sparhawk - How The Weather Comes Over The Central Hillside.m3u