White Roses, My God

With blown-out electronics and heavy vocal processing, Low’s Alan Sparhawk grapples with the death of his wife and bandmate, Mimi Parker, giving wild, feverish shape to his grief.

Former Low guitarist Alan Sparhawk resurfaces with a surprising album of abstractedly uneasy digital blues.

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Parallel to Low’s evolving, often inspired musical career, frontman Alan Sparhawk invested in musical ventures as diverse as a funk quartet and a New Wave synth band.

For years people have wondered what an Alan Sparhawk solo album would sound like. When Low, his band since 1993, retired due to the passing of Mimi

After the death of his wife and bandmate, the US guitarist and vocalist turns his anguish – and his voice – into something unexpectedly playful

While the former Low singer avoids plumbing the deepest wells of his grief, its presence is impossible to miss.

White Roses My God by Alan Sparhawk album review by Gareth O'Malley for Northern Transmissions, the LP is out on September 27th via Sub Pop

After the death of Mimi Parker, Low’s other half comes out into the open. Album New Music review by Kieron Tyler