‘`Quick! Clear the OR. These guys need a cup of tea and a hug from their mum or other female guardian figure, STAT!’` Opening track and upcoming debut single ‘`Dear Flies, Love Spider’ is a dreamy, atmospheric spine-tingler of aching beauty. Shamelessly melancholy, it still manages to grab the listener by the tender bits and elevate them to new, lofty vistas of sensory perception, (Think of The Magnetic Fields driven even deeper into despair than usual or the downbeat moody pop/rock of The Animals and you’re getting there. The rest of the album is a mixed bag depending on your tastes. If you’re looking for that same haunting beauty throughout, then you won’t be disappointed; if you’re looking for something remotely upbeat? Forget it.
The Low Lows are mesmerizing, evocative and very aptly named, but they could be doing with some of the sensibilities employed by the likes of Union of Knives.
