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- Summary: The debut full-length solo release from Low's Alan Sparhawk was recorded in Minnesota and produced with Nat Harvie.
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- Record Label: Sub Pop
- Genre(s): Electronic
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Sep 26, 2024If there are fans who aren’t into this solo album, that’s OK, you still have his 2006 ‘Solo Guitar’ album to listen to, but for those of us who are into ‘White Roses, My God’ there is plenty to engage with. Grief has never sounded so captivating.
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Record CollectorSep 23, 2024Look for signs of grief if you must, but Sparhawk's return is a dramatic adventure on any terms. [Oct 2024, p.103]
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UncutSep 23, 2024It may surprise some, and disappoint others, but this is a record that ultimately finds Sparhawk turning pain into a kind of spiritual beauty. In that, it continues his work of over three decades, from the spectral I Could Live In Hope right up to the imploded noise of Hey What. [Sep 2024, p.22]
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MojoSep 23, 2024A difficult record for many reasons, but an ineffably beautiful one, too. [Nov 20224, p.89]
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Oct 2, 2024While it’s so clearly a record about loss, it’s not one that reverberates with grief. In fact there’s a joy in the bold, restless exploration – messing with the machines until something human came out. And there’s also a joy in treasuring Parker’s memory.
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Dec 3, 2024The result is a record is suffused with grief without ever drowning in it (or, for the most part, addressing it directly in the lyrics even when you can parse them out).
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The WireSep 23, 2024White Roses, My God picks up where Low’s 2018 album Double Negative left off with “Disarray” – but the feel here is markedly different. The music is lighter, faster and more urgent, simultaneously terrified and joyous. [Oct 2024, p.60]