Is it significant that Low comes from Duluth, where its so cold most of the year that you can't move your fingers? Low's latest CD, Things We Lost In The Fire (Kranky), takes some getting used to, like the Velvet Underground did the first time you heard them. But when you get beyond "Dude, this is slow," you get to "Dude, this is beautiful." Fire has eerie melodies, sad harmonies, a guitar strummed once for every other band's eight times and an occasional lonely cello. This is rock and roll for contemplating your place in the universe. Its also good for napping and existential despair.

- Charles M. Young

Playboy, June 2001
Playmate Of The Year Issue

Things We Lost in the Fire on Amazon.com