로 (밴드)

2013년 공연 중인 로의 모습

로(영어: Low)는 1993년 미네소타주 덜루스에서 결성된 미국의 인디 록 밴드이다. 결성 당시 멤버 알란 스파호크(기타 및 보컬)과 미미 파커(드럼 및 보컬)이 남아있다. 이전의 베이스 멤버는 1993년부터 1994년까지 존 니콜스, 1994년부터 2005년까지 작 샐리, 2005년부터 2008년까지 맷 리빙스톤, 2008년부터 2020년까지 스티브 개링턴이었다.

로의 음악은 느린 박자와 최소한의 편곡이 특징이다. 초기 음악은 "슬로코어"라고 불리는 록 하위 장르로 주로 묘사됐으며, 1990년대 초 로와 비슷한 스타일을 추구했던 베드헤드와 비슷하다는 평을 받는다. 하지만 로의 멤버들은 이 용어를 사용하는 것에 부정적인 의사를 표했다.^[1][2]

멤버

현재 멤버

• 알란 스파호크 – 보컬, 기타 (1993년~현재)
• 미미 파커 – 보컬, 드럼, 퍼커션 (1993년~)

투어 멤버

• 리즈 드래퍼 – 베이스 기타 (2021년~현재)

이전 멤버

• 존 니콜스 – 베이스 기타 (1993년~1994년)
• 작 샐리 – 베이스 기타 (1994년~2005년)
• 맷 리빙스톤 – 베이스 기타 (2005년~2008년)
• 스티브 개링턴 – 베이스 기타 (2008년~2020년)

디스코그래피

정규 음반

• I Could Live in Hope – (Vernon Yard, 1994)
• Long Division – (Vernon Yard, 1995)
• The Curtain Hits the Cast – (Vernon Yard, 1996)
• Secret Name – (Kranky, 1999)
• Things We Lost in the Fire – (Kranky, 2001)
• Trust – (Kranky, 2002)
• The Great Destroyer – (Sub Pop, 2005)
• Drums and Guns – (Sub Pop, 2007)
• C'mon – (Sub Pop, 2011)
• The Invisible Way – (Sub Pop, 2013)
• Ones and Sixes – (Sub Pop, 2015)
• Double Negative – (Sub Pop, 2018)
• Hey What – (Sub Pop, 2021)

EP

• Low – (Summershine, 1994)
• Finally... (EP) – (Vernon Yard Recordings, 1996)
• Transmission (EP) – (Vernon Yard Recordings, 1996)
• Songs for a Dead Pilot (EP) – (Kranky, 1997)
• Christmas (EP) – (Kranky, 1999)
• Bombscare (with Spring Heel Jack) (EP) – (Tugboat, 2000)
• The Exit Papers (EP) ("a soundtrack to an imaginary film") – (Temporary Residence Limited, 2000)
• In the Fishtank (with Dirty Three) (12", EP) – (In the Fishtank, 2001)
• Murderer (10") – (Vinyl Films, 2003)
• Plays Nice Places (2012)

싱글

• "Over the Ocean" (maxi-single) – (Vernon Yard Recordings, 1996)
• "If You Were Born Today (Song For Little Baby Jesus)" (7") – (Wurlitzer Jukebox, 1997)
• "No Need" (split maxi-single with Dirty Three) – (Touch And Go, 1997)
• "Venus" (7") – (Sub Pop Records, 1997)
• "Joan of Arc" (7") – (Tugboat Records, 1998)
• "Sleep at the Bottom" (split 7" with Piano Magic & Transient Waves) – (Rocket Girl, 1998)
• "Immune (7")" – (Tugboat Records, 1999)
• "Dinosaur Act" (7", maxi-single) – (Tugboat Records, 2000)
• "K. / Low" (split) (7", maxi-single) – (Tiger Style, 2001)
• "Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me" / "Because You Stood Still" (CD single) – (Chairkickers' Music, 2001)
• "Canada" (7", maxi-single) – (Rough Trade (UK), 2002)
• "David & Jude / Stole Some Sentimental Jewellery" (7") (split 7" with Vibracathedral Orchestra) – (Misplaced Music, 2002)
• "California" (maxi-single) – (Rough Trade (UK), 2004)
• "Tonight" (12", maxi-single) – (Buzzin' Fly Records, 2004)
• "Hatchet (Optimimi Version)" (7") – (Sub Pop Records, 2007)
• "Santa's Coming Over" (7") – (Sub Pop Records, 2008)
• "Just Make It Stop" (Sub Pop Records, 2013)
• "Stay" (Rihanna cover, digital release)) (Sub Pop Records, 2013)
• "What Part Of Me" (Sub Pop Records, 2015)
• "Lies" (Sub Pop Records, 2015)
• Low / S. Carey – "Not a Word" / "I Won't Let You" (Sub Pop Records, 2016, Record Store Day Release)'
• "Let's Stay Together" (Al Green cover) (2018)
• "Quorum" / "Dancing and Blood" / "Fly" (2018)
• "Days Like These" (Sub Pop Records, 2021)

라이브 음반

• Maybe They Are Not Liking the Human Beings (semi-official release) – (Saturday Night Beaver, 1998)
• One More Reason to Forget – (Bluesanct, 1998)
• Paris '99: "Anthony, Are You Around?" – (P-Vine Records, 2001)

컴필레이션

• A Means to an End: The Music of Joy Division – (Hut Recordings, 1995)
• Indie-Rock Flea Market Part 2 (7") – (Flip Recording Company, 1995)
• New Music June – (College Music Journal, 1995)
• The Paper 7" – (Papercut Records, 1997)
• A Tribute to Spacemen 3 – (Rocket Girl, 1998)
• Astralwerks 1998 Summer Sampler – (Astralwerks, 1998)
• Kompilation – (Southern Records, 1998)
• Shanti Project Collection – (Badman Recording Co. Jr., 1999)
• Duluth Does Dylan – (Spinout Records, 2000)
• Take Me Home: A Tribute To John Denver – (Badman Recording Co., 2000)
• A Rocket Girl Compilation – (Rocket Girl, 2001)
• Benicàssim 2001 – (Festival Internacional de Benicàssim, 2001)
• *Seasonal Greetings – (Mobile Records, 2002)
• Une Rentrée 2002 – Tome 1 – (Les Inrockuptibles, 2002)
• Another Country – Songs of Dignity & Redemption from the Other Side of the Tracks – (Agenda, 2003)
• Buzzin' Fly Volume One: Replenishing Music For The Modern Soul – (Buzzin' Fly Records, 2004)
• The Trip – Snow Patrol – (Family Recordings (UK), 2004)
• Duyster. – (Play It Again Sam (PIAS), 2005)
• This Bird Has Flown – A 40th Anniversary Tribute to the Beatles' Rubber Soul – (Razor & Tie, 2005)
• Rough Trade Shops – Counter Culture 05 – (V2 Records, Inc., 2006)
• Elegy Sampler 47 – (Elegy, 2007)
• Sounds – Now! – (Musikexpress, 2007)
• Dead Man's Town: A Tribute to Springsteen's Born in the U.S.A – (Lightning Rod, 2014)

기타

• owL Remix – (Vernon Yard Recordings, 1998)
• The Mothman Prophecies — Music From The Motion Picture – "Half Light (Single)", "Half Light (Tail Credit)" – (Lakeshore Records, 2002)
• A Lifetime of Temporary Relief: 10 Years of B-Sides and Rarities (Box set) – (Chairkickers' Music, 2004)
• We Could Live in Hope: A Tribute to Low – (Fractured Discs, 2004)
• Tonight The Monkeys Die (Low Remixes) – (Chairkickers' Music, 2005)

각주

1. Sparhawk: "What's the cheesiest? Slow-core. I hate that word. The most appropriate is anything that uses the word minimal in it, but I don't think anybody's made one up for that."QRD magazine interview
2. In another interview, Sparhawk claimed that a friend coined the term: "this friend of ours in a record store was always joking around ... and he said, 'I got it! You should call it "slowcore"!' ... It was a total joke, and I think I mentioned it at one of our interviews." "Interview with Low", Chord magazine, Jess Hemerly, April 2007, p. 44.

외부 링크

• 로 - 공식 웹사이트