There’s no end to songs, protests and think-pieces about the ongoing calamity surrounding the Trump era, but no other music other act has tackled the US shitshow with as much elegance and subtlety as Minnesota alt-rock minimalists Low.
The trio’s new album Double Negative may not have the lizard brain dopamine hit of tracks like YG’s Fuck Donald Trump or a few bars by Run the Jewels, but the album is a collection of stark melancholia and oblique protest, with intricate guitar passages suffocated by crumbling electronics and glitchy ambience.
They’re playing Vicar Street and it’s an all-seated affair, so relax and ease into a night of transcendence with unfortunate grim undertones.
- Low play Vicar Street in Dublin tonight (Wednesday)
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