Low – Double Negative

Double Negative is, in the faithfully defiant way of Low's 25-year career, their most unabashedly abrasive (and paradoxically strongest) album

To record Double Negative, Low again enlisted B.J. Burton, the experimental producer who in recent years has made records with Bon Iver, Lizzo and Francis and the Lights. Alan Sparhawk, Mimi Parker and bassist Steve Garrington knew they wanted to go further with Burton and his sonic palette: They wanted to see what someone who is, as Sparhawk says, "a hip-hop guy" could do with their music

Instead of writing and rehearsing at home in Duluth, Minnesota, they would often drive to Eau Claire in the Southeast and come up with sketches and ideas that they would work on for days with Burton. The band and producer became collaborative Co-writers, building and breaking down the pieces until their purpose and power were clear. The album cover for Double Negative was designed by longtime collaborator, English artist Peter Liversidge.