Slow it down

Sure, spring is around the corner, but that doesn’t mean you can’t hang on to the wistful sadness of winter a little longer—by way of the frontrunners of the “slowcore” movement, Low. The band, led by husband-and-wife team Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker, perfected the delicate, slow-burn soundscapes and vocal melodies of the sub-genre with albums like Things We Lost in the Fire in 2001 and constant play of tracks like “Dinosaur Act” and “Sunflower” on college radio (KLSU included).

It’s the kind of moody yet pretty music you listen to on cold afternoons, looking out your bedroom window at trees that haven’t started to fill out yet.

Throughout the years, Low has managed to surprise, even throwing in some handclaps and experimental effects on 2007’s Drums and Guns.

The band moves gently in an acoustic direction this month with the release of The Invisible Way, most notably by enlisting the help of Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy to produce the album. You can hear his alt-country touch in the deep, warm tones of guitars and bass drum in tracks like “Plastic Cup” and the slightly more up-tempo “Just Make It Stop.”

Low’s The Invisible Way drops March 19.

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