Alan Sparhawk - Can U Hear

What this video is

Released July 16, 2024, 'Can U Hear' arrives as the debut solo single from Alan Sparhawk — co-founder of the seminal slowcore band Low — following the 2022 death of his wife and Low bandmate Mimi Parker after a battle with ovarian cancer. The video and track together constitute a public act of grief transformation: Sparhawk's voice is processed through a TC Helicon C-1 hard pitch pedal into something alien and…

Why it matters

Represents a pivotal evolution in the slowcore-to-avant-pop continuum, applying trap-influenced beats, hard pitch-shifted Auto-Tune, and sub-bass architecture to an artist defined by sparse, devotional minimalism. The video extends this genre disruption visually: where Low's aesthetic was one of…

The director

Rick Alverson (born Patrick James Alverson Jr., June 25, 1971) is an American film director, screenwriter, editor, and musician based in Richmond, Virginia. His feature films include The Builder (2010), New Jerusalem (2011), The Comedy (2012), Entertainment…