
Released in early 2016 to support Low's eleventh studio album Ones and Sixes (Sub Pop, September 2015), this video arrives at a moment when slowcore — a genre Low had helped define from Duluth, Minnesota since 1993 — was receiving renewed critical appreciation. Produced by BJ Burton at Justin Vernon's April Base Studios in Wisconsin, the album blended Low's signature minimalism with subtle glitch-pop textures. The…
Low are widely regarded as foundational figures of slowcore and sadcore, genres defined by extreme tempo reduction, hushed dynamics, and emotionally austere songwriting. This video is a canonical example of slowcore visual aesthetics: it refuses montage, resists spectacle, and privileges…
Jim Burns and Beth Chalmers are Scotland-based filmmakers and visual artists. Beth Chalmers operates as an Oban-based lifestyle, adventure, and performance photographer and filmmaker. The duo collaborated on this music video, drawing on the visual landscape…
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