Low - Rome (Always In The Dark)

What this video is

Released September 13, 2018, 'Rome (Always in the Dark)' served as the final pre-release video for Low's twelfth studio album 'Double Negative' on Sub Pop Records. The album represented a radical sonic departure — produced by B.J. Burton at Justin Vernon's April Base studio — replacing the band's hallmark slowcore minimalism with layers of glitch, distortion, and fragmented electronics. Critics widely positioned…

Why it matters

Represents a landmark moment in slowcore's late-period evolution, documenting Low's decisive turn from minimalist guitar-and-harmony songcraft toward noise-saturated experimental rock. The video's collage-glitch aesthetic aligns with a broader 2015–2020 wave of experimental indie visual language —…

The director

Aaron Anderson is a filmmaker, artist, animator, and musician based in the US, known for abstract and experimental motion work. Eric Timothy Carlson is a visual artist and designer. The duo are long-term creative collaborators who have worked extensively…