Sub Pop Records is excited to announce that Duluth, MN, trio Low are releasing the first song from their 10th record, The Invisible Way. The album cover for the record is now available for posting and the final tracklisting is below. The Invisible Way will be released on March 19 (the 18th in the UK). Coincidentally, the release marks Low’s 20th anniversary as a band. The Invisible Way was produced by Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy, engineered by Tom Schick and recorded in Wilco’s studio in Chicago, IL, during the fall of 2012.
“Low has made so many great records over the years, so I was pleasantly surprised they wanted to work with me at the loft,” said Tweedy. “I felt privileged to work with them and be a part of this new record.”
The Invisible Way finds Low’s majestic melancholy in full bloom yet distinguishes itself with its starker, unadorned soundscapes, layered harmonies and drummer/vocalist extraordinaire Mimi Parker singing lead on five of the 11 songs. The album tackles large issues (“the songs are about intimacy, the drug war, the class war, plain old war war, archaeology and love,” says Sparhawk) in a manner that plays a stunning counterpoint to the sublime hush of the music.
NPR’s All Songs Considered highlighted The Invisible Way in its “2013 Winter Music Preview.” You can view the list of records they are looking forward to and listen to them HERE
The final tracklisting for The Invisible Way is below:
Plastic Cup
Amethyst
So Blue
Holy Ghost
Waiting
Clarence White
Four Score
Just Make It Stop
Mother
On My Own
To Our Knees
A North American tour has been confirmed to begin March 16 in Toronto, ONT, and finishes April 6 in Seattle, WA. All North American shows go on sale this week. The complete tour dates are listed below:
January
18 – Duluth, MN – The College of St. Scholastica
March
16 – Toronto, ONT – The Great Hall
20 – New York, NY – Society for Ethical Culture *
22 – Chicago, IL – Metro +
23 – St. Paul, MN – Fitzgerald Theatre x
29 – Denver, CO – Larimer Lounge
30 – Provo, UT – Velour
April
2 – Los Angeles, CA – Troubadour
3 – San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall
5 – Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios
6 – Seattle, WA – The Crocodile
*The Wordless Music Series, ACME String Quartet opens
+WXRT presents, Geoff Farina opens
xThe Current Presents An evening with Low, featuring members of Trampled by Turtles
The European tour dates are below:
April
24 – Birmingham, UK – Glee Club
25 – Manchester, UK – Central Methodist Hall
26 – Gateshead, UK – The Sage Gateshead
27 – Glasgow, UK – Classic Grand
29 – Bristol, UK – Trinity
30 – London, UK – Barbican Centre
May
2 – Copehnhagen, Denmark – Loppen
3 – Stockholm, Sweden – Debaser
4 – Oslo, Norway – Bla
7 – Paris, France – La Maroquinerie
8 – Brussels, Belgium – Cirque Royal – Nuits Botanique
9 – Amsterdam, The Netherlands – Paradiso De Duif
10 – Frankfurt, Germany – Zoom
11 – Bologna, Italy – Teatro Antoniano
13 – Barcelona, Spain – Casino de la Alianca
14 – Valencia, Spain – Teatro La Rambleta
15 – Zaragoza, Spain – Teatro de las Esquina
16 – Madrid, Spain – Joy Eslava
17 – Valladolid, Spain – Lava
18 – Biarritz, France – Atabal
http://www.subpop.com/artists/low
