  low is an american indie rockhttp://rateyourmusic.com/artist/low group from duluth, minnesota, formed in 1993. as of 2010, the group is composed of founding members alan sparhawk (guitar and vocals) and mimi parker (drums and vocals), joined by newer addition steve garrington (bass guitar). the music of low is characterized by slow tempos and minimalist arrangements. early descriptions sometimes referred to it as rock subgenre called "slowcore". however, low's members ultimately disapproved of the term.sparhawk: "what's the cheesiest? slow-core. i hate that word. the most appropriate is anything that uses the word minimal in it, but i don't think anybody's made one up for that."qrd magazine interviewin another interview, sparhawk claimed that a friend coined the term: "this friend of ours in a record store was always joking around ... and he said, 'i got it! you should call it "slowcore"!' ... it was a total joke, and i think i mentioned it at one of our interviews." "interview with low", chord magazine, jess hemerly, april 2007, p. 44. parker and sparhawk's striking vocal harmonies represent perhaps the group's most distinctive element; critic denise sullivan writes that their shared vocals are "as chilling as anything gram and emmylou ever conspired onâthough that's not to say it's country-tinged, just straight from the heart." ==history== the band formed in the spring of 1993. sparhawk had been playing in the superior, wisconsin band zen identity, the core of which was formed by drummer robb berry and vocalist bill walton. that band needed a new bassist and recruited future low bassist john nichols. at that tim
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