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Morning Open Thread, Saturday, August 22nd. Music from 2021 – Low – “Days Like These” [1]

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Date: 2026-08-22  

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Hey all. Yep it’s me, and it’s not a Tuesday. And not being a Tuesday you are about to be treated to a single song and a mission.

The mission is to share some songs or artists you think of now that you’ve heard this one.

Low – Days Like These – from 2021

I discovered Low, like many I’m sure, when i saw an obituary for the late Mimi Parker. She was the drummer for Low a vocalist, and married to Alan Sparhawk. Low can be a challenging band. A beautiful band. An intense Band. Parker was a integral part of all of that .

For nearly the entire first minute of “Days Like These,” Alan Sparhawk and the late Mimi Parker sing a cappella. The air evaporates around their words like warm breath in the winter night. A few angelic guitar strums from Sparhawk float downward. Then, suddenly, and without a hint, a deafening wall of distortion and guitar bulldozes everything, the volume so overblown that the song’s audio crackles and fizzes from the sheer loudness. You might even check to see if your headphones are damaged. The power of “Days Like These” is in its extremes. Low reach a point of being so beaten down that they’ve come to terms with how it can play out: “You’re never gonna feel complete/No, you’re never gonna be released.” But don’t mistake that for a defeatist attitude. As the noise sputters and fades, exposing waves of soothing vocal harmonies and Parker’s quiet, thudding kick drum—a human pulse, a sign to carry on—Sparhawk and Parker repeatedly murmur the word “again.” The flicker of hope is still there. –Nina Corcoran https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/the-100-best-songs-of-the-2020s-so-far

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