Founded
in 2006 by Mangham Parker, the Low Lows are named after the final
recording of NYC noise-pop trio Parker & Lily. They have released
two full-length albums and one EP (Fire On The Bright Sky, 2006;
Elizabeth Pier, 2008; and Shining Violence, 2009) and have toured
extensively in the U.S. and Europe.
The
magazine El Pais declared their latest Barcelona festival show
"monstrously sad and brilliantly anachronistic..." while in London the
BBC called their recent live radio performance "marvelous... absolutely beautiful... one of our favorite sessions of the year".
In
various incarnations the Low Lows have ranged from simple trio to
sprawling, 14-player live spectacle. Their current live show consists of
a spartan five-piece semi-acoustic lineup, though recordings still tend
to be wall-of-sound affairs. Residing previously in New York City and
Athens, Georgia, they are now based out of Austin, Texas.
Recently
the band has performed songs at the Flaming Lips-curated All Tomorrow's
Parties Festival in New York and for Austin City Limits Stage Left
Television. Their third and fourth full-length albums, "Gaudy Frame" and
"Light All The Lights" are slated for sequential release in 2013. (as
compiled on the bands website)
Read more: www.thelowlows.com
