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9.0
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9.0 |
Clash
If there are fans who aren’t into this solo album, that’s OK, you still have his 2006 ‘Solo Guitar’ album to listen to, but for those of us who are into ‘White Roses, My God’ there is plenty to engage with. Grief has never sounded so captivating
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8.6
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8.6 |
Northern Transmissions
A brave undertaking; perhaps a new beginning; certainly a triumph
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8.0
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8.0 |
Pitchfork
With blown-out electronics and heavy vocal processing, Low’s Alan Sparhawk grapples with the death of his wife and bandmate, Mimi Parker, giving wild, feverish shape to his grief
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8.0
139115
8.0 |
The Quietus
In contrast to Low’s glacial procession, this is a record that’s full of movement and kinetic force. Sparhawk is trying to celebrate everything they had: the sadness and loss transformed into a loud, bold kind of hope
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8.0
139132
8.0 |
The Observer
After the death of his wife and bandmate, the US guitarist and vocalist turns his anguish – and his voice – into something unexpectedly playful
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Arts Desk
'White Roses, My God' could not exist without what Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker shared
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8.0
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8.0 |
Slant Magazine
While the former Low singer avoids plumbing the deepest wells of his grief, its presence is impossible to miss
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8.0
139050
8.0 |
Exclaim
Sparhawk's distinctive vocals and guitar are nowhere to be found, replaced by a voice, or often voices, that are treated with Auto-Tune to a degree where age and gender are dissolved
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8.0
139051
8.0 |
Under The Radar
White Roses, My God is a glance at Sparhawk’s musical sketchbook that’s somehow both unrehearsed and constructed with care, enjoyable and unknowable, as transient as it is profound. It may be somewhat unexpected in form, but its compelling content should come as no surprise
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8.0
139052
8.0 |
Mojo
A difficult record for many reasons, but an ineffably beautiful one, too. Print edition only
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8.0
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8.0 |
Record Collector
Look for signs of grief if you must, but Sparhawk's return is a dramatic adventure on any terms. Print edition only
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8.0
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8.0 |
Uncut
It may surprise some, and disappoint others, but this is a record that ultimately finds Sparhawk turning pain into a kind of spiritual beauty. Print edition only
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7.7
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7.7 |
Beats Per Minute
Sparhawk crafts a set that diverges from Low’s aesthetic – veering in a more pop direction while plumbing the intersection of entertainment and art – though there are tonal, lyrical, and energetic overlaps
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7.0
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7.0 |
All Music
He's as present and raw beneath the computer voice as he's ever been, but with these darkroom synth tracks, Sparhawk makes his audience work a little harder to locate him
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7.0
139057
7.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
An often compelling experiment, but it’s hard not to suspect that its bold, often inscrutable excursions into alien territory ultimately undersell Sparhawk’s immense gifts as a musical communicator
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