Retribution Gospel Choir - Your Bird

What this video is

Retribution Gospel Choir — a Duluth, Minnesota rock trio led by Alan Sparhawk of the critically acclaimed slowcore band Low — released '2' on Sub Pop in January 2010, marking their major-label debut. The band offered Sparhawk a loud, cathartic counterpoint to Low's minimalist aesthetic, channeling Neil Young and Crazy Horse-style psychedelic rock with a raw, working-class sensibility. 'Your Bird' appeared as a…

Why it matters

Represents the early 2010s Sub Pop indie rock aesthetic — bridging the label's grunge legacy with a new generation of psychedelic, Neil Young-influenced guitar rock. As a single video from a side project of Low, one of slowcore's defining bands, it documents a genre crossover moment between…